Remember that time
That feeling
That song
When for once, we didn’t want to die because
Damn it finally felt good to be alive
When you loved me as much as I loved you
When we laid in that field of daisies
And we thought
If this is it
If this is how it ends
How perfect that would be
Remember that wharf
In that old fishing town
When we got lobster tails right from the boat
Butter dripping down our chins
As our laughter intoxicated everyone around us
That whole pier was drunk on euphoria
Remember that day
When I bumped into you
After years living our lives as strangers
How your hair was longer
And mine was shorter
And there was more wisdom and hurt in our eyes
We stopped to talk, outside that old café
The one we got day drunk in and had gotten kicked out
You were carrying flowers
A bundle of lilies
Forget-me-nots had been my favorite
And you used to pick me them by the handful
Now, lilies were the replacement
And so was that girl
Dark hair and dimples
Tanned legs under tiny shorts
Waiting in your car
A new one
Not the old beat-up jeep that you loved
That I loved
A loved that WE loved
A life we wanted to live
A death we weren’t scared of because we would have each other
Wherever souls go
Ours would be together
And that was enough
We didn’t need confirmation,
Affirmative nods, and hand squeezes
It was all in the eyes
They never could be dishonest
And that day
On that cracked sidewalk
Your eyes told me everything I needed to know
When we passed on from this life
we would be together
finally
forever
that dark tanned dimpled girl in the passenger seat
was only for a little while
me and you were going to be for infinity
