I can listen to our old songs
I can close my eyes and be twenty-three again
Every touch and untouch
A fresh wound in my memory
I know all the shortcuts to tears
But then I open my eyes
Thirty years old, seven years gone
Seven, some say, is how long it takes
For nearly every cell in your body to be replaced
Can you feel it? That severing?
And with my eyes wide open
In my home, in my town, in my life
Every beautiful part of it
I am long past okay with my choices
I am happy
Today, I hope you’re happy too
As you gave your new vows
And lived to love again
I hope our broken story
Led you to the right one
Our broken story
Led me to the right one
With Love,
Natalie