Late to Bloom

Standing on the dock

Looking at your eyes

Trying to see the friend

That I almost made in ninth grade

I really want to stare

Repair you like Jerusalem

And see you in the high school dark room

Where we developed our film

You were always cool, somebody’s desire

I was on the side, a latent wildfire

A patient wildflower, late to bloom

Now in your canoe

Slender bones and sinew

An orthopedic surgeon

Your wife had to discontinue

Her prestigious law career

Trying guys for homicide

A mother must decide

How much litigiousness will bring her

You were always cool, somebody’s desire

I was on the side, a latent wildfire

A patient wildflower, late to bloom

It wasn’t something I could muster, oh no

The confidence to say hello

It wasn’t something I could bluster through

With nonchalance

As if I wasn’t wasn’t wasn’t loving you

You

You were always cool, somebody’s desire

I was on the side, a latent wildfire

A patient wildflower, late to bloom