A Simple Love Poem

 

It was 1997 and early summer when I met you for the first time.

It was the middle of a rainstorm and we were hiding underneath

The red striped umbrella of a café.

I got a phone call, you loved my ringtone

And we’ve been friends ever since.

It was 1999 and we were sick of the cold snow.

So we packed up the car and left.

We were headed for destinations of great warmth. 

Stopping at random places and sleeping under the stars. 

It was just the two of us and nothing else mattered. 

Then it was spring we ran out of gas,

And were slowly running out of money. 

But you and I didn’t care 

Because we’ve fought the world before and won. 

It was 2001, our small apartment is nothing we wished for 

But everything we’ve ever wanted. 

It was 2003 and I’m standing in the middle of a rainstorm

Holding a red striped umbrella and I haven’t seen you in a year. 

My phone rings and my mind drifts to your smile and the sound of your laugh.

I know that you’re gone, but I still hope that we are friends.

 

 

Originally Posted: April 21, 2023