Sweet and young and always

You know the song

“you’re still the one,”

the song that couples

time and love,

and begins a weaving

of memory and the particular

rhythm that framed the way

we walked and wandered?

 

It puts me in mind

of how much older I am

than we are,

how I can still see

those bright visions of you

whom I have loved so

and loved so all along.

 

You’re the one

are the lyrics, the sound,

the melody, I hear

and I shake my head in wonder

that you can see that I am, too.

 

Thank you for who you have been

and for who you are

and for who we’ve been

and how this forever

has become so sweet

and young and always.