Email from Dan to Ellie:
here's that poem i wrote for you. i thought now would be as good of a time as any to give you a copy so you know i won't lose it before i have time to make a fancy copy.
My life was
changed one day back in August;
Now I have only
half of a closet.
I saw you up
there saying something about being a hooker.
My first
thought was ‘wow what a looker.’
I knew I
probably could never afford you,
And when I said
hi, I totally bored you.
That is how
this all began,
And now, half
closetless, here I am.
Two ‘no’s and
two ‘yes’s,
Sleepless
nights and thousands of guesses
Of what was
false and what was true,
What were my
prospects of being with you?
A drunken
proposal at the College Inn,
And our romance
almost did not begin.
There were
false starts and lots of persuasion.
I lost hope on
several occasions.
Perseverance,
in the end,
Got you to see
me as more than a friend.
Our love
started small, but got big quick.
Already we’ve
been through some thin and some thick.
We’ve built up
our love, brick by brick,
Cared for each
other as we’ve been sick.
And now there’s
an angel in my life,
An Alaskan goddess,
to be my wife,
To love and
cherish to the end of my days,
A goddess I
love in so many ways.
I love you
simply, without thought or pride.
I love the
thought of you as my bride.
I love you at
dusk, I love you at dawn.
I love how you
call me your meimei chatan.
I love your
kinky curly locks.
When you wink
at me, you knock off my socks.
I love that
spot behind your ear.
I love that I
do not have any fears
That is forty,
fifty, sixty years,
With children
grown and after our careers
We’ll still
have each other, to cherish and love,
I’ll still have
you, to think the world of.
