There is a book that you
think I only read simply because two
boys fall in love and that
is the kind of story that I like.
But when I read of these
simple things, like falling in love, I can
only think of you as the words
fly down the pages and remind me
of the beginning days, after
the crushes and after the years
of confusion
down to when we finally knew
what the other person wanted.
These words on the page of a book
feel comfortable and familiar and warm
just as you do.
Because now, we are so
very in love, but there was that
exciting and debilitating and exhilerating
time in which we were not quite
there yet, but we were still
teetering on the edge, and I cannot
describe just how much
I loved that feeling, and I crave
to feel it again. Not with anyone
else, but with you because it was just
so fun to fall in love
with you.
I know now how the happy ending
goes, because I live it each day, but these books
transport me back into
our journey that got us where
we are, and there is something
lovely in that idea.
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Much like the idea of continually falling in love with your beloved, your poem is lovely. It made me smile and think about how I very much feel the same way with mine, a man I’ve been with through more highs and lows than I can count, for nearly 14 years. This poem is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with all of us!
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Love this and how it helps us to travel through your years together. Beautiful
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Your poem struck a chord with me. I do love YA books because I can see so much of myself in so many of those characters and their story. It is a great time in my life to revisit, over and over.
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That’s a long time to be together. It’s lovely that you’ve stayed together during a time in life when lot of people grow apart. Will you be living close to each other after you graduate?? (FINALLY!?)
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That’s the plan! As long as I can get a job in that area. I’ll be schmoozing at a career fair with sixteen districts I like next week, so I’m hoping for the best.
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I loved seeing your relationship through pictures! My boyfriend and I met my junior year of college (his sophomore year) when I was 20 and he was 19! We are now 27 and 26, and so filled with love just like you and your man 🙂 Congratulations on finding someone perfect for you!
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