A World Of Broken Thoughts

Unconditional

I remember
when we would put finger spaces between our words,
when we would run around in the sprinklers for hours,
and our biggest worry was getting the long side of the wishing bone.
When you would run slowly so that I believed that I was the fastest
and we wanted nothing more than to grow up.

I remember
when we couldn't fit enough words on a page,
when we would procrastinate homework for hours,
when our biggest worry was that red letter on a page
and the relationships that could never work,
and you would hold me when they broke my heart,
because you knew I would do the same for you,
and we had so many dreams for the future,
that nothing could hold us back.

I remember
when 'I do' were the only words that mattered,
and our kids would run in the sprinklers for hours.
When our biggest worry was putting food on the table.
When we would argue
because we needed to argue with someone,
and we would tell each other 'I love you'
and know that was enough.

Now I remember
because the words are your epitaph,
and our children will visit me in the hospital for hours
and the thing that matters most is the life that I lived,
and the people who taught me to live,
since we sat together in class,
putting finger spaces between our words.