Romance

All the firsts I want to remember were with you.
    From the summer when I was eighteen and knew nothing to the summer when I turned thirty-one and learned so much.
    Even the seasons without you felt like you were deeply ingrained.
    “We’re just friends, so there’s nothing special between us.”
    You pushed me away with a poker face, but because we were friends,
    I endured those countless days,
    and it seems you still don’t know it.
    So, it looks like I’m going to repeat the same futile effort.
    “Did I ask if you needed a man? If you do, I’ll be your man.”
    You need to get to know the thirty-one-year-old me.
    If you look at me with those eyes you didn’t see before.
    “You’ve become a real troublemaker.”
    Now that you’re here, it’s just the beginning of .