GRACEFULLY

okay hush now it is okay i
am certain of it as certain
of it as i know i love that
song and as certain of it as
i know that a long time ago
even through a similar snow
we delivered letters by pony
and wrote in rhyme and took
the time to stop and pause
in the mid-day sun in a field

and oh yes love we may kick
cans in the parking lot throw
apples with spots at neon
signs or dirty our trousers scrape
our knees climb trees hit some
baseballs and hide a bit in the
dark in the cricket sounds
just enough to still be found

but now it is time to go back
inside and flip on the lights
and be man and wife and turn
off the television and make big
decisions and begrudge and bemoan
be old and alone forget to know
that oh yes babe it is all okay
its all okay babe i know its okay