Her Belly by Robert Strzalko

Do you remember the night
We walked through town
Starry night
Romantic
Dreamy night
Mystery whispering in our ears
As we walked past
Medieval buildings of stone
And chiseled faces of statues
Looking at us across centuries

I desperately wanted to touch you
To take you into my arms
As we neared the river

If I could have spoken to you
I would have told you
That I wanted to feel your belly
Moving against mine
I would have told you
That I wanted to hear you
Call out in the night
In a language
I don’t understand
I would have told you
That I wanted to feel your hips
Speaking passions beyond words
Along the moonlit banks of the river
Where young lovers come together
To roll in the grass

I wish I would have touched you
I wish we would have held each other
I think you knew this
As I watched you walk away
After we parted
On the other side of the river
That divides
So many things

Now that a year has passed
And I am back in my own country
I still think of that night
When I’m out walking
By the river where I live
I hear your heels clopping
Along the cobblestone
In the humid summer air
I see your silhouette
Standing by the fountain
As I look up at the stars
I wonder where you are
And as I watch the water flow by
I wonder if you think about that night too