together and it was enough

forever like that // ben rector

once upon a time there was a girl and a boy
and they were kids and they lived
together
in different little houses
in a little neighborhood
on the same road
and they ate popscicles on the porch in the late morning
and they ran barefoot down dusty worn paths
and they played and laughed and said goodbye at night

once upon a time there was a lady and a man
and they were young and they lived
together
in a small apartment
in a tall building
in a big city
and they sat in the warm morning sunlight
and they cooked on their tiny stove in the evening
and they held each other at night

once upon a time there was a lady and a man
and they were grown up and they lived
together
in a cheap suburban house
in a neighborhood
in a medium sized town
and they took their kids to school at dawn
and they drove and biked to and from work
and still they held each other at night

once upon a time there was a lady and a man
and they were old and they lived
together
in quaint white house
in the country
in the way out country
and they sat on their front porch in the morning light
and they sat and read books in the rainy afternoon
and they held each other even closer at night

once upon a time there was a lady and a man
and they were at peace and they lived and died
together
and it was enough

author's note: if you didn't listen to 'forever like that' while reading this, then go back to the top and read it again while listening. thanks for your patience with my absences. oh, and i did a quest post over here as a part of a friends wonderful series and it's a piece of my heart. xx

to stay

"guys we can never leave this town"
he said and he stared into the hazy horizon
and we sat together
in the hot and sun and humidity
on a saturday and we ate our snow cones
and were barefoot on the hard dirt and dry grass
and it was quiet and cars drove by
and the world turned around us
but we sat still
in the chaos
in the moment
in a silent promise
to stay

me listening to u2 and completely unrelated

i know this doesn't make much sense because what even is context but this is a moment of memory that i wanted to store and keep for awhile (such a relative word- awhile). so there you go.