The speaker is looking back on a brief, intense encounter between two people who have only just met and spend a few hours dancing. The repeated line “Only a few hours!” makes the moment feel urgent and already slipping away. Their movement is completely in sync: one partner flies, the other follows, matching stride, pausing, and swinging apart. Images of noon flowers on one stem suggest their faces are close, lifted, and drawn toward each other. Yet the final lines shift the mood: they are “thirsty,” “heavy lidded, fearful eyed,” as if the attraction is powerful enough to feel risky. The poem creates a dreamlike, almost breathless mood—half joy, half nervousness—capturing how a first meeting can feel both ecstatic and fragile.
Just Introduced — Summary
Only a few hours! We danced like wind, Our faces like noon flowers On one slim stem were lifted, turned aside. You flew, I followed, matched your stride, And held your pause, and swung and parted wide.
Only a few hours ! We danced like wind, Thirsty as blown flowers, Heavy lidded, fearful eyed.