Take me back to the house in the backyard.
She said you beat me up.
You were bigger than me.
You never did.
You beat me back when Aurora was one thumb wide.
I dared you to kiss me and then when you tried,
just to kiss you and I.
Daddy's used to joke about the two of us.
Never believed we'd really fall in love and her mom was so wild.
Take me back to the creek that we turned up.
2 a.m.
riding in your truck and all I need.
Take me back to the time we had our very first fight.
Sleeping up doors instead of kissing.
Good night you stayed outside.
Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle.
Old town came and our mommas cried.
You said I did.
Take me home where we met so many years before.
We'll rock our babies on that Berkeley front floor
after all this time.