I JUST WANTED TO SAY Poem by Remco Campert

for D.
Can you round off your speech please
your time's up
I just wanted to say
keep it short then
how she came to me that evening
in that other city where I was living aimlessly
how she'd give anything
to visit me that evening
that dark blue evening
soft rain in golden lamplight
falling on the tarmac
how we lay down together
and love that big word
I can't find any other for
folded us in timelessness
since then the ticking clock of restlessness
I often went off
but
and that's what I wanted to say
I never left her any more
you've made your point