Picture a jar
Label it you and me
Put in broken memories but leave room for us to pour in new ones
Lay our upbringings at the bottom,
let’s not forsake them,
they were our foundation and shaped us but let’s be individuals with our own traditions
A drop of family values, a lot of selfish waters
you and I were strangers, then friends, lovers, married and now parents
let’s respect the order of things, kids come after us
Let in something borrowed, something old and something new
in the spirit of what’s yours is mine and mine yours
Honor my last name and I will take care of your old soul
while we travel on this new road
Seal it off with a kiss of faith
leave room for fresh air to grace our space when we overwhelm each other
bury this jar in the sands of time so our love remains eternal
ever floating, ever safe, ever us