I remember those days we were young and carefree,
I was devoted to you and you adored me and
The most exciting words known were "When can we meet?"

I remember the days I thought meant forever,
Promises cemented in exquisite cocktails and whispered words
Without any rhyme or meter, but I adored them. 
It was with you I smoked my first cigar, and did not hate it.
You swore you'd never tell; 
I was scandalous and you loved me the better for it.

Do you remember the days we were tethered, but free?
My arms around you, you wrapped around me?

The moments most enjoyed are those borrowed from time. 
If you can never truly possess something, the mere presence,
The feeling of the temporary is a kiss that lingers. 
You could never possess me, nor I you, as our promises were 
Always made for others before ourselves. 
I could never possess you, but oscillating hours passed in clinging
Summer heat that always reminds me of home. 
We certainly had fun trying. 
I was scandalous and you loved me the better for it. 

Do you remember the days we were wild and free?
We danced in the fortress we'd built for just you and me. 

Time passes in the blink of an eye.
Tree forts crumble and babies cry.
The gravestones of our parents make us yearn
Scream out for simpler years,
Memories of fathers grilling in backyards and
Mothers singing in the kitchen while
Neighbors chattered on in Spanish, Yiddish, Mandarin.
I wore a zebra dress and you hid in a basement pantry,
Cans of soup and terrible cell reception.
We were scandalous and I loved you the better for it.

Do you remember the days we were just you and me,
The time before everything else came to be?