August 21, 1980 12:25 a.m. Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri


Missed Midnight Kiss

You won't believe it, but tonight ended
			a year-long expectation
An ironclad creation - of my heart
The days would last forever
I'd wait till morrow's never
But I never really thought that
			it would start.

It can't be true, I cried, but
			somehow true came truer
I've seen you once and who can ever tell
I'm floating down the freeway
Never wanting to find the way,
My feelings, that should ever,
			ever quell.

Because tonight your smile
			outshone the moon -
And even tho' it wasn't 
			yours was full

Tonight your laugh, it
			filled the empty
And everything marked
			later happened soon

You won't believe it, but tonight
			mended many dreams
And even tho' it seems just like it all -
Ways do change for the better
And special times are met for
Life if we can really hear
			it's call.

You must remember this
My time felt spent with bliss
Through music, laughs, and talk,
Through sharing, and your smile
Makes all my time worthwhile - 
Even in our
		shared missed midnight kiss.

You have to understand it's been
		so pleasant
So wonderfully pleasant, I want you to know
whatever happens next
whatever you say or do - 
Karen, I'll be carin'
		for you....

1980


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