she kept asking me
when will we get married
I’d chuckle it up
and tease her about
having babies
but not now
we’re too caught up
in who we are

one day I realized
there was someone else
entirely
standing before my eyes
someone different
from who I knew
then she left me
and said to me
before the door slam
underlined her wrathful loss

we could have worked out
if I was me now
10 years ago
and you were you
10 years from now
if we could meet
somewhere in between

with such an impossible
formula
no love could last
so I stayed
on my long-term plan
10 years from now
I’ll have it all
figured out

the love was gone
with a churned wake
it cut a path through me
straight into the wisdom
of hindsight