First Date
/A mild summer day
The sun rolled
Under thin clouds
The wind was unambitious
Just yawned
Newly acquainted
They sat under a banyan tree
Their first date
Not much to say
Conversed superficially
Silent moments
She smiled shyly
He handed her roses
Her eyes deep as oceans
Her lips ripened cherries
Charmed him
Irresistibly staring at her
He forgot love lines
He had rehearsed
By Shih-Fang Wang
From: United States