'I Wonder' Poem by David Bennett

'I WONDER'

What happened to that girl from long ago,
The girl with long brown hair from many years ago
I often recall her fleeting smiles as she walked along with her dogs,
I wonder if she had children, and grandchildren later on,
I wonder why I never asked her name, forty something years ago,
Did she know that I loved her so? All those years ago,
Ive not regretted my life, children in between,
Lovely wife and grandchildren, proud to share my name
I wonder if she is happy, the girl with no name,
I saw her only twice a week, Wednesdays and Saturdays,
I could hardly sleep a wink,
Wish Id have told her my feelings were so deep,
What was her name, Sandra, Debbie, maybe Elaine
I wish Id really asked her, I had myself only to blame,
Nobody knew the love I carried in my Heart,
I wish I could have told her, we could have been a part,
Maybe best not dwelling of years well in the past,
I just wonder of that girl, her name I did not ask.

David Bennett.