Play it up

I like the way we do not fight.

Fast forward to when we do 

and then hours of not talking and then laughing it out. 

Let’s rewind to when our eyes met and we didn’t know they were whispering “sweet nothings”.

Let’s rewind to when we held hostages under our tongues. 

But an internal soundtrack started pulsing.

Let’s rewind to the raindrops that hung at the edge of the clouds. Only living to fall.

Let’s pause here. This is what I felt like.

Press play.

 I kiss you and you tell me how glad you are this happened. 

  

Pause this. 

Let’s go back to when I first met you; the way you stole looks thinking I didn’t notice.

Press play

The way you rolled your eyes and the way you smiled, I wish you had kissed me.

Let’s pause here.

This moment. I want it to last forever. This is the love all the love songs are about.

Fast forward to when you don’t leave, you don’t give up on me when I get difficult.

Fast forward to when I warn you about my dark, but you stay and stay and eat up all the shadows.

You stay, forever.

Let’s pause here. 

Press play.

    

hope notes

1.       Going on your first date, second and third that eventually turn into a wedding, aren’t you?

2.       Celebrating your first anniversaries, second anniversaries, fiftieth anniversaries aren’t you?

3.       Having children?

4.       And then grandchildren?

5.       Watching sunsets that never seem to end?

6.       Holding hands with someone?

7.       Watching your kids grow up from the size of a cauliflower?

8.       Watching your parents grow wrinkles and grey hair and curl with age?

9.       Wandering places to find something or the other?

10.   Being a superhuman to someone, aren’t you?

      

Because I hope so