Perfect

Our public displays of affection,

In the presence

Of strangers,

Were perfect.

Our lengthy conversations

About everything

And nothing

Were perfect.

Our comfortable silences

And the inaudible words,

Spoken in your eyes,

Were perfect.

Our lazy days drifting

In and out

Of consciousness

Were perfect.

Filling our bloodstreams

With caffeine,

Aromatic liquid happiness,

Was perfect.

Sunshine, moonshine,

Rain, hail, thunder

Lightning storms with you,

Were perfect.

Everything,

About us,

Was perfect.

Until it wasn’t.