You know,
I look at you
and it’s funny, you don’t remind me of myself exactly
but you remind me of a certain time,
I remember what I used to think love was then;
that it was like fireworks, the explosions, the highlights,
but it is not. 
It’s time:
to go through the seasons together
through change
through the ups and downs, 
to be able to look at your beloved
and say,
"We did that together as one,
we chose each other above all things".
That’s love.
It’s unexplainable.
It’s a secret
that can only be known
once you’ve done
the time.