Til Death Do Us Part

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life

forever 
penned in poetry and prose and
Hallmark cards and letters 
calls
texts from places where I can’t get next to you
the
I Do
part
up to the 
ashes to ashes
but it ain’t promised
Las Vegas 
giving tomorrow
even odds
seen and heard about
forevers 
ending in the strangest places and times
here today
gone 
while they lay themselves down to sleep
joy 
absent in the morning

so 
I ain’t gonna bore you with empty words
promises 
my love for you would like to make 
so you can rush off to the lottery man
cashing in your scratch off
winning ticket
for sure
forever
is keeping the battery fresh in my watch
listening to the minute hand ticking in the background
yet 
being present in the moment with you
each day
each syllable
each glance
each breath
is my forever and ever
until 
it ain’t