you are my partner in class
my partner in crime
my partner in sadness
my partner in happiness
my friend, my love
I know we have forged
a partnership in life
no, not like that
not the way that's thought to be so
but that genuine joy
of keeping one's company
adjoined at the heart
and dwelling at the part
one day you will marry
and live in the woods
as you wish to be so
and I will find my husband
and own a studio
cluttered with paints and books
and travel the world
but you will remain my most
beloved pen pal*
and we will laugh
*until our hearts grow sore