We're sitting on a train heading north, you are in the seat facing mine. Your gaze is set out the window but your thumb continues to trace my fingers. I am staring at you- your eyes are tired and you're wearing that hat that covers up the hair you didn't have time to comb.  We have two hours till this train stops and I'm trying to take in every moment. Time has only ever ignored my whims for it to slow down when I'm with you. I watch the snow fall, I watch your hands, I feel your skin and I smell the air- a city scent...and pizza. I try to take in these moments because they seem to slip away far too quickly. Life has no mercy on young love; It will not sit still for us. The sun will set as quickly as it rises. Summer will turn to fall, Winter will turn to spring and through the passing of seasons, I promise to love you in a way that's so constant you won't ever dread the changes.
I have these dreams that I'm in a church dressed in white, your eyes are set on mine from the end of the aisle. The benches are filled with every version of myself that has ever loved you. They're all smiling because they knew this day would come from the moment I laid eyes on you from across the street that summer evening.  I never believed in love at first sight until I saw your smile for the first time. Faith came to me like a sinner walking into the arms of God. You saw me naked before ever taking my clothes off. You made love to the deepest parts of who I am and touched my heart in ways that left me shaken more than your hand between my thighs ever could. I fell in love with life the day you told me you could see yourself falling in love with me and I believed in forever the day you told me you did.
Here’s to forever,
I love you Dan.