Because you wanted something to be about you for a change

It’s quite possible that
I love you just because
You smiled that smile
You say you never smiled
At exactly the right time
And then
Since then
We refused to be
An idea bad enough
To abandon

But that’s hardly romantic
And you are my delight
And you want a romance
And you’ve turned off the TV

I can’t take my usual leave from
A kernel of truth
And drift into alphabet soup
And make terrific amalgamations of random bodies
And disembodied faces
And half-truths and winks and snorts
And play with words with elastic meanings

Look
When we got married and I welcomed everyone
To your wedding
There were laughs
Your good is like gold is like that
You take the heat from me when
It’s not there to be beaten

And you vowed to try
Your very very utmost
To be good to me
And you do
And it shows

Our love flops out like a list of things
You’ve given to me
Like The Beatles
Polo shirts
That coffee trumps beer
A boy we can raise and agree on how, almost always

You’ve taken a
Notorious cynical verbose materialist utilitarian
Injected an appreciation of better things
In better shoes
And shown how to just love it: just love it

Unforgettable
All the chances you give me
To shine
To give my all to you
But unromantic
When this means
You let me do the dishes

I love you just because
You smiled that smile
At exactly the right time

And you think it’s fate

And I’m certain
It’s the most perfect accident
We’ll ever know

//ends

>> month of poetry 2012