when all is said and done, you cannot belong to me because souls cannot own one another
but with our free will, we can choose to walk down this road together
hand in hand and heart to heart
to build the rest of our lives together in whatever time we’re given

I love the past only in as far as every moment that came before brought me to you at last
but the past is an empty desolate country untouched by any memory of you
and I would not care to revisit it
not to relive those nights of silent lonely darkness
nor to tread those paths of aching longing that never lead anywhere

in the end, my eyes can only look to the road ahead
though I cannot see far
who knows what lies beyond that wide-open horizon
but if you will come with me, I would run into the unknown bravely, happily