The word "forever" is a word
I used to dread.
Visions of hourglasses would
flitter through my head.

The word “older” is a word I used to fear.
Imagining my beauty, fleeing with each year.

Then the day I met you,
the words changed day by day.
And I never did see those words
in quite the same old way.

“Forever” now brings visions
of living in eternal bliss.
And “older” now brings
visions of lifelong happiness.