By Miss September
Date: 2001 Dec 09
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Newlyweds

I remember being carried over the threshold.
I remember starting our new life.

I remember thinking of the best.
I remember thinking of only you.

I remember wandering the new apartment.
I remember my mind decorating the walls.

I remember unpacking his and hers boxes from our previous lives.
I remember opening our gifts; blender, two toasters, flatware.

I remember feeling the proudest to be your new wife.
I remember you wanting to take care of me, as my new husband.

I remember our first table, a rusty cardtable.
I remember covering it in the finest of linens.

I remember burning countless dinners.
I remember the frustrations of being so new to married life.

I remember and will never forget how you loved me.
I remember you saying we would figure it all out.