We Were Lovers, Somewhere in Time

First:

You wooed me with your smile

From far away

Like a gasp of air

After being underwater for

Too long.

Next:

I am walking beside you,

I am clumsy, I am bold.

We kiss,

Euphoria.

Et subito aperti sunt oculi amborum.

Finally:

Language will betray us.

Never spoken is

Better said.

This love:

It does not exist in

The realm of which we reside

Where your lips are conjoined with mine,

But are still one lip.

Time will betray us,

Shortening itself at inopportune moments.

And it 

lengthens

Itself

In 

all 

the

Wrong 

ways.

We are wayfarers,

Slowly trotting towards

One another,

Itching with anticipation

For an embrace

That could create universes.

Explosiones venire.

We Were Kids

We were kids,

who never wanted to do our homework.

We were kids,

who broke into abandoned places.

We were kids,

who stole alcohol from the grocery store.

We were kids,

who never wanted to grow old.

We were kids,

who hung out in parking lots at midnight.

We were kids,

who sneaked out to see that special someone.

We were kids,

who weren't afraid to lose it all; reckless.

We were kids,

who broke into cars.

We were kids,

who stayed on the beach past curfew.

We were kids,

who ditched school to watch movies or smoke from a pipe.

We were kids,

who fought over the opposite sex.

We were kids,

with scars and bruises.

We were kids,

who loved to loiter.

We were kids,

who made police officers laugh to avoid juvy.

We were kids,

who didn't know what we wanted as a career.

We were kids,

who saved up for punk shows.

We were kids,

who did not always feel the love of our parents.

We were kids with death wishes galore.

Some of us never made it,

Others did.

Rebellious children of the earth,

You can pour me another one,

As I remember when

We were kids.

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We met halfway that evening.

We swung on the swings and

Walked the playground as dusk encroached.

We layed our cards on the table

And you asked me why I was being so

Perfect now.

All I could do was lay there, speechless.

Your "no's" felt like "drop dead."