in an instant i saw our life together
etched in light and shadow
bathed in a warm golden light
full of wild, unmeasurable smiles and tender touches
i can almost feel the wind blowing through strands of my hair
as we speed down the interstate with the top down
with the music we listened to as children blasting through the speakers
an endless image of youth and recklessness caught under the sun
but there will always be shadows when we are in the light
the awkward silences where no word seems correct
the tense conversations where each of us silently beg each other to stay away
the nights where we lie in bed side by side with one of us still awake
staring at the other’s sleeping form and wondering what you will do to them once it’s all reached its end
this is not what we should fear
it’s when the filtered lens of fresh love, the warm sunny glow, fades insidiously
we don't cast shadows once we are no longer in the light
we lose dimension and once more become flat
and we either come to terms with this or keep driving
until we crash into a dead end and destroy each other