i see in pictures no really, real pictures. i still remember what the piazza looks like in my family's home town its been 7 years. i remember the old church next to it where they got married i remember the stained glass windows along the walls i remember the coffee shop across from the street that served espressos in tiny ornamental cups i see it all.
7 years on and now i see you i see you in that first red dress. that first night with locks of hair that made me melt into the floor. i see you in a dark cinema where i took the best risk of my life where everything changed and now months later i see you in a dress walking down the staircase like an angel walking down from heaven. i see you in my bed surrounded by the darkness of the night your breath on me heavy with mine. lost without a care. i see you. by my side. and i cant help but think how lucky i am.
as i write i view each moment like a photograph in my mind, some are fuzzy and unfocused but some are as clear as sunshine. bright like the sunshine you are to me.
but i know, things are hard. someone is going around stealing photos. stealing images. but we're going to take them back.
because i havent only seen and see now. i can see what the future holds. i can see the dew on the winter window and our faces pierced with sunlight. i can see the nervousness of our first days into a new uni or work and see the moment we reconvene at the end of the day to tell each other all about it on the grassed steps of a sunken garden staircase holding hands to birds chirping. sun shining or clouds pouring. i can see us holding cups of tea watching ****** netflix shows talking about anything everything ill tell you the secrets of the universe as ill discover them and later in the night, we'll discover the secrets of our own hearts and souls. between sheets. where we fall asleep to the sound of our own heartbeats steady steady.
i can see all of it. clear as day even on a rainy night that this time may be to us. to you. you. you did this to me. you changed everything. i can see all of it. the future we could have with some time and hard work with some love. without letting anyone stand in our way. because baby I'm ready to fall in love with you again and again every single day because i can see the future sometimes. because i see in pictures. no really, real pictures. real pictures with real people like me and you. and us.