Just Like The First Time
A thousand times before
Like I just heard it
Like you just said it
Like I just said
It twenty minutes ago
Last week
Last month
In my ear before I go to sleep
And for you
When we wake up
I hear it
Once
Twice
Three times
It all sounds
The same
Just like it’s the first time
And it’s something even
After fifty million times
Will never get old
And as the days pass
And the lines
On our face
Become more apparent
And the grey hair
Develops
We will grow old
Weak
And fragile
However
It will
Grow stronger
With each passing day
Each passing year
It’s the hardest knot
To untie
But I’ll never
Untie
It with you
But it
You
Me
Us
Will never grow old
Or out of style
Like that faded
T-shirt
I wore years
Ago
Old and tattered
But still meaningful
As the first time
I wore it
I say it
Swear by it
Mean it
Feel it
Live it
Every day
And
With every breath
I take
And as I look
At you
In your eyes
I whisper
Something
In your ear
Something
I swear
I’ll never say enough
But with each time
I say it
It’ll feel like
The first time
I’ve said it
I love you
Arms Length Apart
At arms length
Apart
We drink our
Beers
While we cross arms
And sometimes
Our lives
Different ages
And different stages
Of where we are
In life
At night
You sometimes
Stay over
It’s comforting
To know
I’m still wanted
To be slept with
Or next to
At least
These days
With someone
With you
At arms length
Apart
We understand
Each other
How we
Work
What we
Like
And what our fears
Are
At arms length
Apart
I know
Things will
Never amount
To what
Some days
I wish for
And we’ll
Always
Be on separate
Paths
I like you
And would date
You
But sometimes
Life doesn’t work
Out
Like you
Want it to
I know where
You are
In my life
And in my
Heart
But you’ll
Always be
At an arms
Length
Apart
