Looking Back

I noticed your quirks right away.

The way you smile with one side of your face.

How your eyes change colors under the shade;

From blue to green and back again.

I noticed your teeth and the way that they beamed.

How you always seemed so happy and free.

The way the lines wrinkled in your freckled cheeks

And how bad I wanted to kiss your lips for release.

When I talked to you, you listened intently

Your answers were worded ever so gently.

We laughed for hours and you were so friendly,

It felt like the schoolyard days in elementary.

My stomach did flips and my mind was a flutter,

But speaking with you was smoother than butter.

We quickly got to know everything about each other,

That summer day under the sunshine and cloud cover.

Everything was so easy before it got tough

But when I'm upset and our road gets rough

I go back to the days before I knew love,

When I knew us together was more than enough.