Perhaps around my 10 I sensed your spark

With you toddling and sparking along your days

As I passed by, you learning to prance, pushing boundaries to play

Easing my mind as I drove on by 

Between mum and dad to my nearby dunes

No metal men then, to spoil its grace

Just a place of happiness, joy a perfect space

My 20 perhaps a glance as we charged around town

You with your sisters, wanting to look grown

Me, pushing into the city for a life unknown 

A look back, a smile and not knowing why

Both off and running, turning to see

See what caught the eye, why’s she looking at me

Blue eyes both, burning, shining, smiling, the look of maybe

Then Uni bound and I start to move

Distanced then until you’re grown

Available, but separated and alone

My mid 30’s we’ve a better chance 

Same city, same fire inside, again a connecting glance

Across a restaurant, a brighter spark

A shiver, a puzzled frown, a smile

Domesticity then drowns our passing days

Grinding and shaping our separate ways

Perhaps one more bump in a park of Queens

Both tired and heavy by our fallen dreams

A longer look, a smile, a shake of the head

Both glancing back at a hazy future ahead

Then colour, freedom, a bounce or two

A getting to know, starting to see, wanting to be free

Free of the past that held us back

Laughter day one unlocks our hearts

Can’t stop, won’t stop, must carry on

We soften the past and illuminate a future 

The dawning of knowing what has to be

That I need you by my side, in order to be me

That I need your love to make me alive

That I need your hand in mine 

That I need to love you, to finally break free

Yes with you, I’m alive, I’m now alive