I remember.

I remember so much of what is us

I remember you and me, before we existed.

I remember days upon days of longing and

I remember days upon days of unfulfilling.

I remember wanting,

I remember needing.

I remember wanting and needing to find a way to meet you.

I remember not existing.

I remember being invisible to your feet-focused eyes

as you walked, every day, on the sidewalk nearby

with your head turned downward and you not seeing me.

I remember us passing, brushing shoulder against shoulder and

I remember wishing you'd noticed and said sorry to me so

I (could) remember us talking and me meeting you.

I remember feeling silly and stupid for hoping we'd speak,

I remember trying to ignore that that wouldn't ever happen so

I tried to forget you.

I remember I forgot you.

I remember a summer gone by,

I remember seeing you for what felt like the first time and

I remember I was sad because I didn't know you.

I remember you looked almost the same but a little grown up -

you were handsome and quiet and I wished I'd known you.

I remember passing you often

I remember pretending not to see

I remember not feeling as weird as I do as I write this.

I remember putting you aside but still admiring you.

I remember an invitation to a party I got from a girl I didn't know very well.

I remember reluctantly going to the party and hoping I'd know someone there

but I had next to no luck, but

I remember seeing you.

I remember wanting,

I remember needing.

I remember wanting and needing to find a way to meet you

and this was the way I was going to meet you.

I remember taking a chance, unafraid of shame because

I remember how much I wanted to speak to you.

I remember us talking and how easy it was,

I remember thanking God and that's uncommon for me.

I remember being silly, and you were silly too and

I remember how happy I was.

I remember you and me, we could exist.

I remember time after time of us and it was nice to not miss

any more time going by without knowing you.

I remember how great it was, my time knowing you.

I remember you being grown up; you were handsome, smart, fun.

I remember you taking time to know me.

I remember falling for you.

I remember more fear than I'd ever felt before.

I remember, though, the thrill so I didn't care.

I remember giving up on my hopes to be more but then

I remember(ed) how stubborn I was and how I kept going forth.

I remember writing for you.

I remember how you liked it.

I remember putting it all out there and being nervous and bashful,

I remember how you responded and there were sparks in the air.

I remember you and me, how we started to exist.

I remember happiness, laughter,

I remember it ending so fast.

I remember you were confused, then you were sorry.

I was so confused, you were so sorry.

I remember being us and how we were together.

I remember hoping my second chance wouldn't be over too soon.

I remember happiness, laughter, fast-falls into love.

I remember.

I remember we fall in love.

I remember dancing in your living room to the tunes in our head and

I loved it.

I loved it.

I remember I loved it.

I remember laughing until we cried, walking on your feet in the park because my

shoes were gone, (kind of) surfing at the beach, watching Cinderella Story 'cause

nothing else was on.

I remember dreaming of you, but waking up was much better and

I remember how much love we've had since we've been together.

I remember every day of my life why I wanted to meet you.

I remember every day of my life why I always need to keep you.

I remember every day and every night why I keep on loving you.

I'm going to remember for the rest of my life, 'cause we are going to make it through.

Please give me more days to remember you.