I remember you
on that bridge
like it was yesterday.
And I remember you
picking up
an autumn leaf
like it was yesterday.
All of those memories,
all of those yesterdays
and all I see is you.
I remember
staying up with you
then driving you
through the dawn.
And I remember you
pushing him
through a soft
moonlit snow.
And I remember
crying with you
before knowing
you would hold
both of them.
And I remember
swimming with you
in a tropical paradise.
All of this
feels like yesterday.
And there is more
I remember
and hold dear:
Moments fun,
Moments quiet,
Moment alone,
Moments with three,
Moments with four.
But at the center of it all,
I remember you.
And all those yesterdays
rush forward into today.
Where memories
dance with realities.
Have I been dreaming?
Are you that girl?
The one I saw so long ago?
Because I loved you then
as I love you now
as I’ll love you for tomorrow
and on.
--Valentine's Day, 2006
