Let’s Grow in Love
I wonder why we call it 'falling'
Like it's an accident
A surrendering of will
A loss of control
I prefer to think of love
As something that grows
If you plant it
With joy and purpose
Rooted in the ground
But reaching towards the light
Let's grow in love
Elope
Escape
Drink whisky under the milky way
Be locked in indecision together
In the cheese aisle at the supermarket
Let's take a ferry somewhere
Break into a lighthouse
Climb a tree
Look at ducks
Argue about nonsense things
Sing and not hold hands
We'll laugh and fuck
I'll sit on the stairs a lot
But you'll get used to it
We'll drink tea
And you'll breathe too loud
But I won't mind
Our love will be quiet
Boring
Insistent
Unsurprising
But miraculous too, somehow
Like a garden
I'll hate your shoes but never tell you
We won't know when our anniversary is
So we'll choose days at random
And then forget all about it
I'll buy you sunflowers when you're sad
When I'm in your arms
It will feel like we're not close enough
As though our bodies
Are somehow in the way
And I'll lie awake
Confused by it
There won't be one path
But two
Running in parallel
Tethered to each other
We won't get lost in the forest
When we stumble
We both fall
Let's grow in love
With joy and purpose
Rooted in the ground
Reaching towards the light.
