I'm sitting a couple tables away from an elderly couple sharing lunch,
enjoying each others comfortable silence and company.
And I'm left wondering, 'Is it possible for a person like me to end up with someone who would look at me like that, even years after we've aged and wrinkled up?'
Love-struck glances and smiles that lit up their entire faces; is it wrong for me to be completely jealous of something that probably took years to build?
Instantaneous romances can't hold a flame to the love that takes decades to create, molding both people into perfect halves for each other, and suddenly I regret ever thinking I could have something like that from someone that couldn't give me ten minutes of their attention.
The man leans over the table a little ways, a goofy grin on his face.
The wife meets him halfway for a chaste, sweet kiss.
And I'm stuck between 'Gross' and 'Maybe one day I'll be blessed with someone to make teenagers like me uncomfortable like that.'
enjoying each others comfortable silence and company.
And I'm left wondering, 'Is it possible for a person like me to end up with someone who would look at me like that, even years after we've aged and wrinkled up?'
Love-struck glances and smiles that lit up their entire faces; is it wrong for me to be completely jealous of something that probably took years to build?
Instantaneous romances can't hold a flame to the love that takes decades to create, molding both people into perfect halves for each other, and suddenly I regret ever thinking I could have something like that from someone that couldn't give me ten minutes of their attention.
The man leans over the table a little ways, a goofy grin on his face.
The wife meets him halfway for a chaste, sweet kiss.
And I'm stuck between 'Gross' and 'Maybe one day I'll be blessed with someone to make teenagers like me uncomfortable like that.'
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