I gave you a snowglobe
in it a picture of us
The first one we ever took together
I don't know if you remember but I do
I had them developed in November, around the time you started acting distant
When they came I put one in the globe
I wrote something on the back of each one

I put one in my car, buried so no one can find it except me
I sleep with one under my pillow
and two hidden in the bookshelf in my room
under all pages and pages of words I love
That's where I hid them
All photos and memories I ever had of you are buried deep inside my mind and my room
I saw you today and you look even better than all the pictures I ever had
Your voice still echos in my head right before bed
I stayed up until 3 am last night
and I'll do the same tonight
pouring rivers and rivers and floods for you
and screaming at god
screaming at nothing
screaming at nobody listening all over again
Night after night
Because I know this is just like the first time
So I know it won't end-- not really, never
if the only place I ever live with you is in the globe I gave you\
I hope you remember
penguins mate for life
Like that show I got you to watch at the beginning of all this
I hope things like that still make you smile
I know you might not want them, the things I got you
But if the only place I ever live with you is in that globe I got you
then I'll always feel like I'm home
Whether you'll bury us in a box or throw it out I don't know
That's all up to you
If the only place I ever live with you is in the globe gave you
I hope you remember December
(v.m)