Bliss

I had a memory today of a beautiful boy
Who was a friend of mine
In a time when having a beautiful boy
For a friend was not somehow OK

Or at least acknowledging that friendship
But now 40 years later I recall him
Sunning on a rock in a beautiful north woods lake
And I have never forgotten the radiance I felt
From him that day

I don't think he ever saw me
Or knew that I was watching
But I was, and I still see him today
As he was
As I was.