1989

Standing in the sunlight
Behind the shady trees
All my questions answered
By a sundress in the breeze

She filled in all the spaces
She was my comfort dream
My happy ever after
For a boy beyond his means

We never knew the meaning
Of a card game by the pool
Or the fleeting tender moment
Of that summer after school

Her smile, I carry with me
Like an echo through the hall
Chasing down the decades
In this endless, aching fall

Jeff Kurfess, 2004