A/N: Please beware of punctuation issues. I apologize.
They were five
Your backyard or mine?
He slips through her white-washed fence
Scaling oak trees and spitting contests
The only currency was time
And they were rich with the years ahead of them
Her ocean gaze shines
As they meet star-flecked violet eyes
And they share a magic smile
They build up their castle walls
Each don a paper crown,
Parading around in a small suit or a gown
And they declare nightmares be banished from their court
She always has paint on her shirt
(From masterpieces only she can create)
And he always has a smirk on his face
(He thinks they must be soulmates)
Inseparable, it's inevitable
That they grew up together
Shadows fall, and mountains shake
But love doesn't fade
Two hearts, one promise
Stay with me forever?
Yes.
They were twelve
And it was the year when gravity lost its interest
It didn't matter why the sky was blue
And they didn't wish upon stars
Sadness hunted them both down, spearing both their hearts
For that was the year
When her mother slipped away in the cold
Cars collide, fate decides
who lives
who dies
And as her breath materializes in front of her face
As she stands in the dark, frozen in place
It was not only her mother who died
Some piece of her is lost too
Shut down, Shove out
She goes missing
In her place is a the outline of a girl
He reaches and pulls at her patchy clothes
She turns away
I'll be here waiting
He calls out
Part of him is still there, waiting for an answer
They were 16
And he's in detention again for fighting
She's been late 9 times to school
He watches as she sits, preparing to say something,
Anything to thaw that frozen tongue
But his words die in his mouth as he sees her
He stares into bloodshot eyes
At the frown lines edging her mouth
She looks at him with a tired gaze
Before she slumps in her seat, and turns away again
He wants to scream, to shake her and say
You made me a prom-
I miss y-
I love yo-
Come back to me
They still live in the same houses
But it feels as if they are cities away
They are 22
And she stares at the ring on her finger
She's never had a taste for green emeralds
Always preferred purple amethysts
But she's starting to develop a taste for silence
And she stays still as he slides it onto her finger
He treats her like a porcelain doll
dwindling leaves in the fall
He didn't knock down her walls, he changes the lock
And she is pounding against the door
Faltering steps, building regrets
A storm is swelling on the shore
She can't breathe anymore
Forget-me-nots arrive on her doorstep the next day
And she presses them to her chest
Breathing in the scent
(She thinks-hopes- she knows who sent them)
She stares out the window
imagining an angel
That will come and take her away
He arrived at her wedding
And with one look into his unreadable eyes
And her heavy heart implodes
She bursts into tears
It's been so long since she's felt anything but numb
She runs to him
Ignoring the caution gnawing at her side, and her ring slips off
(It was always too big for her finger)
I missed you
I know
They are 25
Full hearts and full promises
She sleeps by his side
They both have night terrors
But they have each other
It is incredible, it was inevitable
That they would end up together
For shadows fall, and mountains shake
But love doesn't fade
Two hearts, one promise
Love me forever?
Yes