The Second First Time
By Kenneth R. Cabrieto
            It feels like we're meeting
            For the first time today.
            Wondering what that will feel like.
            Wondering what I should say.
            I've been waiting for this moment,
            For what feels like an eternity.

            I've been missing you,
            And I hope you've been missing me.
            I still love you,
            and I hope you still love me.

            Things will feel awkward.
            We were both mad at each other.
            Maybe even a little mad at ourselves.
            We lost trust in each other.
            Perhaps even in ourselves.

            Today let us know that we can trust each other again.
            Let's begin to love each other again.
            Fighting is a waste of time.

            We know we're supposed to be together.
            A lot of people say that we should be together.
            A lot of people say that we shouldn't be together.
            Let's just forget about them.
            All of them.

            You want us to be together.
            You want this.
            You want us.

            I want us to be together.
            I want this.
            I want us.

            We love each other.
            We want to be together.
            We deserve to be together.
            Let us be together.

            Nothing else matters from now on.
            Just that we're happy together.
            Promise me and I'll promise you,
            Eternity.

            Let this be our second first time.
            It's just like starting over again.
            Let's listen to our hearts,
            Instead of what everyone else thinks or says.

            Love me from now until forever,
            The way that I've always loved you.

            -May 4th, 2001


     Leave me alone...I'm allowed to have the occasional dream.