Dearest Future Sweetheart

Time is between us

Keeping us apart.

In defiance I hold you close to me

Every year brings about new opportunities

New fears

What would I do if I had to leave you here?

You are not the world to me

but you are more than I can say.

I try my best to reawaken our love

taking advantage of all the cliches

falling in love all over again with every passing day.

But perhaps-

just perhaps-

we do need time

stay with me but don't come too near

I can't help but want you here

These years will drag on and on

We will make it if we just hold on.

Dearest future sweetheart

if only you knew

how long I've been dreaming

of who we'll grow to be.

If by then we're still a team

let's laugh and discuss each other's schemes