Manayunk, March 13th 2021

Philadelphia PA

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I don’t know why you asked me. There were so many complications. No one really wanted to see us happy together. We lived so many miles apart and had only been seeing each other for a few weeks. Yet still. I wasn’t sure if I should say yes. Part of me thought it was some practical joke. Part of me wasn’t sure if you had thought this through completely. Part of me thought I should avoid love, after all the times it had stabbed me in the back. Yet still. I remembered the music box. You made it for me, with your own wood and parts. You punched the notes of a melody onto a paper slip. You brought it to me on our second date. I fed the paper through and cranked it until I could hear the song. You chose Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World.” I sat there, cranking it, and trying not to cry. So I said yes. We sat on top of a hill in Manayunk, looking down at the city. You kissed me and kissed me some more and you hugged me so tight. I felt like I could hear the piano and strings. I could hear Louis’s voice, his melody, as it carried us home that night. And I knew that yes was the exact right answer.