These were they

Here’s the spot they still exist as “they”,

The spot they first became…

It’s true that the woman wore this watch on their first date.

And that man knew who she was before the end of that date.

 

She was so beautiful.

She still is so beautiful.

 

Here’s the little silver bracelet that man saw in a store,

The very next day and it matched the woman’s watch he saw.

The hands paused in eternity until that girl and her watch were gone.

Yes, here’s the bracelet he' got for his new girl.

 

Because he was already in love with her…

He still is in love with her.

 

But where is the ring

From the day he asked for the watch’s hand?

For it to pause forever on the two of them?

Where is the ring that never ends?

 

He saw it in a jewelry box. It was perfect, and he got it.

But it is still in a jewelry box. Her old jewelry box.

 

But the watch and the bracelet,

The symbol of a man’s helpless, lost, immediate love.

The watch that made my dad’s world start turning…

I still have them on.