I'll Remember

I know you remember playing tag over a rose

and "begging for mercy" as I blew your pixilated head off -

you remember the first time we stayed up 

all night just trying to imagine ourselves in the arms

of the other. I know you remember, because I remember.

You remember, I know, all the empty moments

and pen drawings just to feel like I belonged somewhere,

you remember the Italian restaurant and the 

four other people at the table sitting just as awkwardly

as us - if not that then the ice cream afterward

and our first kiss in the hotel. You remember 

waking up and asking yourself if the girl in your arms

was real - I know you do, you became a poet over it! 

Oh, and what about helping us move in, 

you remember that because we slept on the floor

huddled together for warmth inside a blanket fort.

I know you remember the year we've filled with greatness,

but should you forget someday, I hope you know

that I'll forever be grateful for the time we had together

so I'll continue to remember for both of us.