I still remember (DC PJ Drabble)
I still remember the first time I saw her...shy and curious brown eyes ready to take the world…
I still remember the first time I pushed her out off the swing, turning into the first time she punched me...
I still remember the first time I noticed she was a girl, not one of the guys...
I still remember the first time I got to kiss her, after a confusing day hunting for snails in a tidal pool...
I still remember the first time she cried on my shoulder over a lost first love, her so called soul mate...
I still remember the first time we danced, awkwardly, our clumsy first steps towards feelings not acknowledged…
I still remember the first time I watched her sleep by the fire, an eerie glow on her features making her look dreamlike…
I still remember the first time I kissed her by the road on a spring morning, my feelings for her taking over me, engulfing me like the revolted ocean…
I still remember the first time she told me she loved me on a sunny dock when I though all hope was lost…
I still remember the first time we made love by the fire, when I could see my future clearly laid out in her eyes…
I still remember the angry break up, when I not only broke heart, but destroyed mine too.
I still remember the years between, denying our own story…to face it again locked up in a supermarket for the night…
Too many lonely nights…too many nights with the wrong person…too much to be forgotten….
Death showing us life is too short and love isn’t to be taken for granted.
I still remember when she came on the same dock she told me she loved me for the first time to tell me she was done running from our love…
I still remember when on the same dock, she promised to be mine forever…
And now, as I hold our son for the first time, I still remember everything that brought us right here, right now.
And I wouldn’t have changed a thing; and even though I’ll cherish those memories forever, they’re nothing compared to the real thing, here by my side, here in my arms.