I have left
but I want to spend every last one
with you
here’s to the days to come
here’s to the days we’ve had
here’s to everything we will be
whatever it is
I know for sure
it’s made better with you
Lines
I wish I could draw a single straight line
starting from here
back to where we first began
and all along the memories in between
But there were other lines too –
the lines of your face my fingers traced over
the lines we waited in while we
joked and giggled
the lines we gave them to make them think
we weren’t us
the lines we used to hang our clothes on
the lines we threw to hoist each other up
when we were down
the lines we wrote when words weren’t
enough
the lines we crossed when we knew
we loved each other
the lines painted on the road passing by as
I looked out the passenger-side window
while you drove us through the night to
anywhere we could forget everything but
each other
I remember when you wrote me 365 reasons
why you love me – to open one every day
I remember when I wrote you
a book of poems
just for you – to read when you miss me
I remember when we first sang together
and when we first read together
I remember when I met you and learned your name
and how you looked
and how you looked at me
I remember our first tickle fight together
and how we stared at each other when I
pinned you
I remember the first time
we cried on each other
and how it felt to be held by you
I remember the last time I saw you
and the next time is too far away
but I’ll remember it too
Things I’m looking forward to:
• The day we tie our hearts together
• Whisking away somewhere with you
• Making a home with you
• Cooking and dancing
• More tickle fights
• Late night talks until the sun comes up
• The rest of my days and nights with you
Okay, my dear, everything is okay
I am with you
and everything will be alright
I know how weary you’ve grown
but it’s time to lay it all down
Come here
come into my arms
let my fingers remind you that you are safe
and my lips remind you that you are loved
and let’s forget about it all
Let me take you away
lay your head back
against my chest
let me take you somewhere better
somewhere that deserves you
We’ve spent so many days
holed-up together
in this space
just big enough for two –
that’s right, just me and you
but there’s no other space
I’d rather be
when we get let out
I will go wherever you go
and together we’ll be free
to walk the empty streets
or sail off into the sea
Do you know
the places I would go with you?
We could brave the cold wild of Scandinavia
or lie beside the sunny seashores of Hawaii
we could dance the Bourbon Street
or take to the slippery gondolas of Venice
we could kiss beneath the twinkling
Eiffel Tower
or learn the lush ways of the Amazon
we could go anywhere, my love
My Dreams for the Future
I hope we will always find joy
in the little things
and that we will be kind –
to each other, to others, and to ourselves
I hope that when we fight
we find a way to make it work
and make it better again
I hope we never stop
making each day special
and full of wonder
I hope we remember
as happy as we make each other
it’s okay to cry sometimes too
I hope the days without you
pass by quicker
than the days we spend together
I hope we never forget our dreams
or stop looking to the night sky
for wonder
or love
or each other
I hope we keep calling each other
our names we’ve made for one another
instead of the ones our parents gave us
I hope if we choose to be parents
we are good ones
and we raise our children
to be loving and open
I hope even when we grow old and weary
we do not become
bitter or angry
I hope whether we are rich or poor
we will always find enough
in each other
and in ourselves
I hope we never forget
the big important things
or the little ones either
like pillow forts
or dancing in the kitchen –
all the things that made us
along the way
And last of all
I hope that at the end
we will still be us
There were those nights
we stayed up until the morning talking
We watched the sunset
and the sunrise
and it felt like time
was irrelevant
These days, we read each other to sleep
and wait for each other
in our dreams
I know
some days the world will be far too heavy
on your shoulders
So let me carry it
with you
We’ll sing songs
while we walk into forever
When you go
come find me
up in the stars
I’ll be waiting for you there
Thank you for reading this book.
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