She loved to scare me
To dangle a future in front
Of my dark chocolate eyes
They gleamed with childish hope
But then she would say something
Anything
A little comment
That felt like splinters
Under my fingernails
Maybe we should wait
She would say
And my heart would ache for her
Long for her
She loved to scare me
Because not five minutes later
We would speak of a future
With children
A white picket fence
And a million other cliches
I knew she meant it
She loved to scare me
Because at the end of the day
She knew I was hers
I would follow her
Anywhere
Everywhere
To the ends of the earth
Loving her scared me
But the thought of losing her
Scared me more