When I Said Forever

When I said that you were my forever This is what I meant

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When I said that you were my forever
This is what I meant

Your name and mine carved together
In a tree we chose because it would outlive us
Our initials aging as we would age
Until finally, only they remain

Hanging a swing on our porch
Just like the one where you kissed me 
For the first time 
And sitting on it, my head on your s…