It has always been 
Just you and I
Where trees and rivers meet

We swam, we sang
We played with dolls
We danced with two left feet

For all the years
-from then ‘til now-
It hardly seems that distant

And though things change
-or stay the same-
We grew up in an instant

I’ve heard your laugh
I’ve felt your tears
I’ve lulled your heart to sleep

If you should know 
Of all your pieces
I’ve always hoped to keep
Gather on this couch
With me
Because my list is steep:

Your laughter,
How it fills the room
Your smile, 
For shining bright
The way your heart can break in two
Yet you appear all right. 

The way you always push ahead, 
Fearing nothing under the sun
How even if you lost it all, 
You walk away as if you’ve won.
 
While twenty-eight is merely a stranger
To five, and six, and nine

The memories I’m grateful for
Have always been yours and mine

After all has come and gone
The years, the woes, the distance

Thank you for never choosing to
Take the path of least resistance. 

Love, 
Yourself