Going Back

At age six we hung out on the playground
Swinging back and forth on the swings.
At age 9 we sat in my moms kitchen together begging
For chicken wings.
A few years later, when mommy stomach was big and round,
We had a sleep over at his house.
At age 13 he dated my best friend,
And when I got mad he left her at age 16 I had my first Guy,
So he got himself a girl.
I tried holding in my anger, and got him mad at me.

We stopped talking for a while,
He left me in denial. I cried my eyes out that whole year,
And even more when he called her dear
I found myself at his house once again at age 18
When his father died, and that's when things became clear.
He took me out to the backyard and asked me,
"Remember those days on the swings?"
And I continued, "and when my mother bought us the chicken wings?"

We laughed and cried as we remembered those days,
Watching as the sun faded with its rays.
Soon when I had to leave, he finally turned to me.
"I've loved and left, and bounced right back,
I've watched you as you fell and got up,
All the time holding my fury back. and today realization hit me,
I looked at you well after all these years and knew
That you were truly the one for me."
He leaned his face towards mine and pressed our lips together.
And the sparks that flew assured me this was going to last forever.