Poem: Memories of Something that Never Happened

I never did get to kiss you
Though my body struggles
To accept that simple fact
My mind plays tricks on me
Where I think I can still feel
You lying in the wet grass
Next to me also shivering
Now I wonder if it was cold
Or from building anticipation
That would end up unfulfilled
Between us and I still question
Was it felt by me alone or you
Too anticipating and freezing 
Are you out there also thinking
Of what would have filled in
The blanks we left with what if
As the defining moment of time
We shared together back then

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