{9•23•18} {d e n n y ‘ s} Uncertain and cautious, yet slightly optimistic. I watched from the sidelines and inquired from afar. Across from each other we sat, silently making observations, yet you were coded, I couldn’t read you, I found that to be bizarre. {10•1•18} {s n a p • a d d} You seized the opportunity to speak to me. It was more than just words filled with emotion. It was poetry. {10•2•18} {p h o n e • n u m b e r} I realized we were quite the same. I began to feel safe and content. I then realized that, my heart, I had already lent. {10•4•18 - 10•7•18} Ten four eighteen, the real you I had finally seen. The writing session began, feelings overflowed with every line. Deep inside me, I had secretly hoped that one day you would be mine. Ten four eighteen, five fifty pm, you asked me to accompany you as a date. Until ten twenty-eight, I would longingly wait. Ten five eighteen, we got to hang for a bit and vibe out, soon enough, your presence erased all my doubts. Ten six eighteen, you expressed your interest in me, which came about quite shockingly. Ten seven eighteen, despite all my emotions wanting to burst from within me, I kept them hidden. To express them, I didn’t know when. Ten seven eighteen, six thirty-seven, hearts were exchanged. One red one green, the start of something so beautifully rare, a love rarely seen. And so it began, our new beginning, our best life, our rarity, hoping and praying that together we’ll spend an eternity. {10•26•18 - 10•27•18} Stomach knots, anxious nights, our nervousness we had to fight, to receive familial blessings, we knew this to be right. Words exchanged, gifted roses, received hugs, your boundless love at my heart would tug. The sentiments of poetic hearts have been freed to embark on this odyssey of life wherever it may lead, creating an intricate poem for all to read.