a life full of love and other things

I think about the first car trip we took (you and me)

in the wide open spaces of Indiana land.

The happy fall sun would drip all over our bodies

as we sing and walk and talk and marvel that we found each other.

Then, it was just you and me

in a different time and a different world.

I still think about those car trips

where we would drive for hours.

I would lean over and kiss your mouth on the side

and you were charming (as always, my dear)

and I was at home, with you.

You loved me back to life

and today, a thousand years later

I am still only at home when I am with you.

It was an other time in the world then.

Things were simpler,

purer and funnier.

And as we got older and more of the world

we saw,

we realized things needed to get funnier.

We had to learn to laugh everyday.

if we didn't laugh, we cried.

Cause things seemed to get sort of serious for a few years,

people died, divorced, got hurt, and things got really broken...

And even today, so many years later, we are still sitting in the car

you and me

small lovers in the big world

and I still lean over to kiss your wrinkly face and perfect mouth (on the side)

and we talk and laugh about the state of the world

the money we spent

the money we saved

and where we should eat dinner tonight.

I will always say you loved me back to life. 

© 2011 Lauren Stamper