I loved you when the ocean was sand
When the moon was a thought
We made up on a Sunday
I loved you when poetry
Was all we spoke
When books made up our tables
And our beds were where we fell together
I loved you when mythology was religion
And nature was made up of stories
Instead of science
I loved you when today
And yesterday
And weeks
And months
And years
And lifetimes
Were all
One thing
I loved you before I knew what family was
Before I knew to be afraid of anything
I loved you before there were words like 'depth'
'Trust'
'Faith'
'Forgiveness'
And when I started to learn
I started to look away
I loved you even after you got up
And waded into the pooling water
Just to see what it was
To see if it was different
From the sand
I loved you when you felt that coolness
For the first time
And decided that the world had changed
And you could never go back
To what it had been
I loved you when the ocean was sand
When the moon went up
For the first time
And never came down
I loved you when I found words
And the first time
Words failed me
I loved you past explanation
Beyond logic
Or rational thought
I loved you so much
That when I let you go
Everything around me
Became ocean
And I became sand
So that I could always lay next to you
And feel you rush over me
Every night
Do you remember any of this?
If not, that's all right
I like telling you all this
It reminds me
That we were happy
Before we knew
What happy was
Excellent Kevin. I (try) to be a short story/prose writer, and just saw 3 One Acts last night at The Artist's Exchange. This was my favorite.
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