I have only been in love once
She had long blonde hair
and eyes the color of the ocean.
She smelled of
blossoms in springtime.
We held hands
and walked the town.
Except near her home
her father could not stand me
"a go nowhere dreaming poet loser."
She wrote me a letter once
she said she wanted to
set my soul on fire
but her father had a fire hose.
So on the day that
the seasons changed from
autumn to winter.
She left me alone
with nothing except
the faint fragrance
of a lost springtime.