Blue eyed boys

I loved some blue-eyed boys,
long ago,
But not so far away.
Briefly, I loved them, too briefly,
of course.
Ice blue, sky blue, August blue eyes:
Cowboy, poet, philosopher,
Soulmate, playmate, schoolmate,
Mated early, mated late -
Blue-eyed boys, sun-streaked blondes
Decidedly not the dusky  boys of my dreams...
But they stole my heart
For a time.

I loved some blue-eyed boys
long ago,
But not so far away.