“let’s kiss out loud
and fight softly!”
you sing
and that’s when I stop arguing and say
okay.
because you, flip –
you.
you make the simplest things feel lovely
being with you is
being-in-love
everything Jesus spoke about
(I want to save every hug
and every conversation
in a book somewhere
for the world to read someday)
but for now
I’m still going to laugh terribly hard
save up for music and
road trips
and a little house
and a dog
I’m going to play with your hair
share secrets with you
and make sure we walk
barefoot
around
because I only have
now
with you
we only have this one time
to live
in this place.