He brought me 76 roses One for each sunrise we’ve seen The snow falling Not in unique patterns But awkward clumps But I like them that way They seem more real And with him I hoped everything was real
He brought me to an art gallery Where we carefully took notes Graphite stained hands Touched and shared thoughts On this painting and that Joking at our intellectuality And he bought me a poster Of Dali’s Persistence of Memory And an ebony frame Which he helped me put up Onto my wall Above my bed So I could see it each day As the flowers bloomed Outside
In August was waves Where we held hands Perfectly sculpted for one another And watched waves roll by And sand tickle toes Not a word exchanged No need for it Our scents mixing Into the fresh air Billowing by A hint of lemonade And beer from down the way
He took me on a picnic In the middle of October We sat under the stars While the trees carefully Cried tears of leaves On us Entwining us Bonding us into one As we covered ourselves in blanket A makeshift house To guard us against all And we could hide away Just the two of us
Winter came once more Lights dangling on front doors And that night He took me to a café And we sat until 2am Reading our novels Though it was hard to concentrate So instead we ordered Cappuccinos And talked the night away About nothing and everything While snow fell Not in unique patterns But awkward clumps But I like them that way They seem more real And with him I hoped everything was real