You came into my life On a warm summer day With twinkly brown eyes And dimpled grin Trying not to fall too hard Or too fast Keeping my armored heart at bay Then the scent of roses filled my life Your hand in mine, so strong So sure, it did me in And the sky had never looked so blue The air shifted, turned colder Leaves changing to orange, purple, yellow, and red Snuggling before a cozy fireplace Warmer still in your borrowed Smelling of you sweater I tried to give it back You insisted I keep it instead Picking out pumpkins and Indian corn Feeling that no one else knew me better And the sky had never looked so blue Winter came, in a breath of fog and snow Flurries swirling at our feet Tasting snowflakes on our tongues Melting as we shared the sweetest of kisses But something changed and Before I knew it My eyes yours would not meet You drifted out of my life as casually as you entered it Leaving only scars, painful reminisces And the sky had never looked so blue Then came the spring and its healing, fragrant blooms, bringing bursts of Color to my world once more Rounding a corner to find you standing there The light in your eyes as you caught sight of me Heart beating fast, is it real, will it last Absolutely terrified to reopen that door, unchink the armor Lilacs lining the path, our hands entwined again Then you pausing, getting down on bended knee And the sky had never looked so blue.