Seven Years Ago, I Hoped

Now,

Our lives have become so intertwined

We have come to depend on one another

We have come to become one another

It is hard to tell where one ends…

And the other begins

One Year.

First “I love you,” kisses, butterflies

Holding hands, holding each other

Counting months, days…

Waiting for the future

Two Years.

Late night phone calls

Entire weekends spent together

Feeling special, feeling like…

Nobody in the world knows these feelings but me

Three Years.

Big changes await us

For better? For worse?

New experiences, new emotions

Will we make it?

Four Years.

Working on us

Working with each other

Changing and growing

Becoming new, better, more understanding

Five Years.

It is just us, so far away

Together, finally we are adults

Working together…we are a team

Creating a new life

Six Years.

Same things…again and again

Day after day

No matter what: together

Our lives belong to one another

Seven Years.

“Will you marry me?”

But, of course

Waiting for this moment...

Perfection.

“I love you more than ever”

Through the years we have grown

We have changed, together

Together we are better

Together we are stronger

This life we’ve created is beautiful

It is bright and full and happy

Seven years ago life changed

I never would have guessed we’d end up here…

But I hoped it