A Mile and Then Some

Five thousand two hundred  eighty feet  between our first hello and last goodbye  Love seems to sprint  the way light flickers from a firefly's particulars. Marathon matrimony  Run one race with me let's see how far momentum takes us. Tired, panting, gripping asphalt  with our fingers  just to get a foothold  on a finish line  we can see. It ain't always about who wins a quarter mile, sometimes it's  about the distance  between hello and never letting go. Sometimes a person  holds you so tight time pauses and finish lines fade away. You realize, life is measured  in heartbeats  and two or three chest pounding thumps is enough to revive a lifetime of wants When your with that special one, to the moon and back takes about an hour flat. Hello, a mile, don't ever say goodbye I know for a fact, whatever the race, you make my heart keep pace.