grow up with me
grow up with me because we still have a lot of experiences and living to go through before we grow old together
but at least we'll never grow apart

we'll start off with achy knees and torn elbows from rough housing in my backyard
sweating trying to prove a sense of dominance over one another
laughing because we swore we broke at least 3 bones
laughing because we're a pretty equal match to each other
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laughing because there's no reason to be the alpha when love conquers
laughing because just like skin our feelings bruise but there's no permanent shade of purple on our hearts, because our feelings heal and they will never die

we can stay out past dinner time and then come home to our mothers lecturing us about how to be safe and how to tell time
but really, we were only around the block, at the park
but our mothers would still believe we were across the country
and while their anger leaks we can just giggle to ourselves because our imaginations took us places that were far beyond the country

I just think it's ironic because right now, in this moment, you are across the country
no imagination required