Remembrances
Was entering the world
Six months ago, the woman heavy with child
Didn't even know she was pregnant
Six months ago, the earth was green
While now it is barren and cold
Six months ago, you decided
To give me a chance to love you
It was the very first time you visited me
And the very first time we kissed
It was the very first time you ever held me
And the first time I felt your soft caress
I had just turned 16 the day before
So maybe you were a day late
In the end, it truly doesn't matter
You're the best birthday present I've ever received
Precisely one month later, I realized
I couldn't live without you
You had surrepitously reeled me in
And captured my heart in a glass jar
That day at the park, so long ago
You told me I had done the same
I was exultantly happy that you had touched my soul
A year to the day I thought it irrevocably shattered
So much can happen in six months
So much upheaval can devastate a relationship
Yet nothing has changed since then
Except the depth at which we love
You still love to gaze into my eyes
And to hold my hand throughout the long journey home
You still love to tickle me whenever you get a chance
And can still melt my indignation in no time at all
I have learned so much from you
From integral calculus to your religious convictions
You've changed my life forever
And will truly be impossible to forget
Hold me in your loving arms
That I might feel safe
Let us remember the future
And dream about the past
Six months from now, the baby will walk
Six months from now, the child will be born
Six months from now, the earth will be green
Six months from now, you'll still be my one and only.
Beth Siler
2/21/99
2/21/99
Home