let's talk about love

we sit in the cooling
shade
near where
the stream collects
into
a lake. a cove of woods.
we have no where to be,
or go,
so we talk. we look into each
other's eyes
and talk about love.
have you ever been in love,
she asks,
looking at her hands.
yes. I tell her. twice.
and you?
just once, she says, but
it was true love.
real and unimagined.
that's the best kind I tell
her.
with who?
she smiles, then looks away.
how nice the sun
is upon the water she says.
I could stay
like this all day.
who?
I ask again.
she takes my hand,
why do you ask, no worries,
don't
be afraid.