Didn't Know Forever Looked Like This

I believed in your whispers

 And words spoken in quiet moments under moonlight

I believed in your notes and cards

 Left on pillows and steering wheels

Forever looked different then

Forever was our fingers intertwined

Your head on my shoulder

Forever was a given

Never questioned

Always believed

But now

Forever looks like crumbling clocks

Rings that have broken to have a beginning and end

Frowns

Turned downed eyes

And unanswered messages

Whatever happen to kisses that stopped time

To holding each other until the sun broke through the blinds

I didn’t know forever looked like

Silent dinners

Stay late at work

Infomercials at 2 a.m.

I didn’t know that forever could look like goodbye