Us Two
by Maggie Thorpe
It started with a “Hey”, a smile, and a wave.
Who knew it’d end up this way?
With my head in clouds, I was dreaming of a summer’s day.
I had you and you had me,
That was all I needed.
I wish this distance didn’t fall between,
Us two.
I’m still thinking about you.
The way you said “okay”
Like I’d actually make it through.
The way you felt like a home,
More than a house.
I know I’ve got to let you go,
But I can’t say,
That I’m not still dreaming of the beach,
Of seeing things I’ve never seen
I long for the breeze to blow my hair across my face
I would die for your warm embrace.
The similarity between all my fantasies
Is that I’m with you.
If we could just be,
Us two.
In-between all space and time.
In fields of cornflowers and clouds,
among butterflies and dragonflies.
All we need is a little magic,
Just half a fairytale to evaporate all the miles.
My heart still holds on to all our plans,
Walking up and down the southern isles,
Hand in hand.
I’d follow you to death’s door, never wanting a single thing more,
You’re so amazing in my eyes.
We could swim across the sea,
Us two.
Go to Spain, and France, and Germany
You always brought out the best of me.
You gave me oxygen to breathe, I called you my tree.
You fought off the freeze, with so much ease,
I called you the sun.
You called me your moon,
And now I see how it’s all so true.
I loved the sun,
And you loved the moon,
But that doesn’t get me any closer to you.
We could spend forever on this merry-go-round,
But we would never see each other around.
I know all of this, but I don’t know how to let it go.
How do I crush the dreams I made in my mind?
How do I kill the butterflies that made my body their home?
How am I supposed to move on?
But it’s the least that I could do.
Because I don’t want you to hurt from the 333 miles,
In between,
Us two.