My Turning Point

Do you remember the first time you fell in love?
The first time that someone entered a room
and you forgot how to speak,
how to move, how to breathe?
Do you remember the way your
emotions were alive like fire ??
The good things, the joyous things,
the bad things, the sad things?
Hold on to those thoughts...

Do you remember the first time
someone said to you "I love you to" ?
Do you remember the weight
falling off your shoulders?
Feeling pure joy, like a bird on the air?
The way the vulnerabilities
and insecurities
melted away like a satin sheet
sliding off smooth skin?
Hold on to those thoughts...

Do you remember the proposal?
The nervous anticipation of
doubt and trepidation.
The cold palms,
the performative normality
before getting down on one knee or the
surpise & shock of seeing a tiny box
opening with the possibility of a future
yet to be decided or lived,
of two becoming one...

I remember all these things...