Listener is going on a first date with a new gentleman after a previous bad break-up. Listener is shy and apprehensive about meeting someone new. Listener and narrator meet in a public placeāin this instance, a public park. Narrator is just as apprehensive and nervous as the listener, but a sweet person genuinely interested in making a connection. Ending is open to whether or not they will pursue this first contact again but is implied they will.