Before there was you Before there was you and your billowing laugh Your callused hands and crooked smile waiting for me at the end of the night like temptation drunk on cherry wine

Before there was the oak that introduced us Before there were the stars we claimed as ours Before love and wonder were forces we would never tame Before time had entered the fray Before there was the story of everything, waiting to unfold, Nothing was the only thing And that was enough for a universe.