it's easy to fall for someone near the beginning,
because we're allured by new things and the parts we don't know about someone yet
so i don't fault you for asking if i'll get tired of us
when you think there's less to be curious about,
when it's not all new,
or when the images of who we think the other person is
gets replaced with who we actually are.

the same thought crosses my mind,
but then i think out loud and talk about my favorite song:
how years later i still discover sounds or vocals i didn't notice the countless times i played the song before,
how different the experience of listening to it is when i play the song through my car speakers or my headphones,
or how different my favorite song makes me feels when i listen to it on my good and bad days.

i look at you as you listen to my run-on sentences and bad analogies,
and feel comfort that you listened and accepted my answer.
i question to myself if it was a good one, because i thought it was too early to have said the alternative,

that you shouldn't worry, and that i loved you.