Year 28
I think you're intending to break up with me
That thought has been roaming through my brain
During the last week
As you've been acting strangely
Therefore, I suspect that
You're attempting to come up with the best way go about it
Text message?
A 'Dear Sue' via email?
Take me to a crowded place
Hoping that I won't make a scene?
Become so distant
Forcing me to break up with you first?
Any of these methods are bound
To get your ass handed to you
On a silver platter
Friends encourage me to relax
That I'm thinking too much
Yet I'm a bundle of nerves
Wondering where it went wrong
As I thought things were great between us
I thought we were so in love
And I swear that I love you more each day
You leave a note for me to meet you
On the roof of our apartment building
Oh, Lord, your method of breaking up is to kill me?
Did you take out a life insurance policy?
Suddenly, that Dear Sue email doesn't sound so shabby
These thoughts ridiculous
I select not to bring the pepper spray with me
Delighted that I didn't upon arrival
Countless tiny lights strewn about
A candlelit dinner for two
At a small table
One of my favorite romantic songs plays
As you kneel at the opposite end
Of a path of rose petals
Tears have filled my eyes
By the time you crook a finger at me
Following the petal path
I stop before you
Gasping when you show me a small box
Words
The sweetest words fall from your lips
Ending with
Will you marry me?
Box opened
I barely observe the ring
Too focused on replying with yes
Over and over again
I whisper my love for you against your lips
You whisper that you love me too
