She was not the one

In nineteen-seventy two
I was seventeen
Young nieve 
On my own for the first time
And so was she
Vicki was my first crush
Awkward and shy 
On the verge of being pretty
But she liked Eileen
Obviously she was not the one

Later there was a freshman who
I helped get oriented to college life
And she was most greatful
In a most physical way
She told me that she'd had
A hysterectomy
And that made the sex okay
She drove me once around the block
And I never saw her again
So she was not the one

Sarah was a theater major
She was uninhibited 
And so eager to please
She liked showing her affection
Often on her knees
With her hands and her mouth
In public
Or in the shadows
Or discretely under a blanket
In the lobby of the girl's dorm
She was fun
But she was not the one

Virginia's body was a canvas
She loved to display
And have it adored
Proud of the gifts she was given
But never worked for
And she was not the one

Peggy was easy and open
Anyone's girl
She needed to please
And that need 
Took us down a dangerous 
Pathway
Where an Angola alumni
Wanted to claim her
And I was happy to let her
Choose another
Far from me
She definitely was not the one

In the garden I sat with Leah
Full of wanting 
For she was a serious girl
No upstairs to my room
No inebriated lovemaking 
She was to remain chaste
Until she took her vows
Or that's what I believed 
She was not the one

Lisa studied opera
And I've told her tale
Elsewhere
I could not wait in the wings
If she was not the one

Becky wanted to
But I never pushed it
She wanted me to teach her
The ways of the occult
Fantasy and mystery
Sex magic
But in the end
She could not bring herself
To taste the forbidden fruit
Although my door was always open
She never came
So neither did I
She was not the one 

Finally there was Carol S.
And one might say that
Her chest was blessed
And although upon
Her blessed chest
My hand was pressed
She was not the one

So let me close these verses
By saying that amid all
The parties
The drinking
The sex
One girl did emerge
On whose name I would not whisper 
Amid these others
But she was there
And fate
Even when we were separated 
By time and tide
Would not let us be free
From one another
It is to her
I pledged myself
And with her there can be no other
Because my friend
She was the one

©2026 Kevin Fraleigh