never liked it when
in a song or a movie
the singer or the actor
said
i will love you till the day i die

because

i liked
i will love you forever
better

and i believe
romantic love
might be forever

because

in deathbed visions
a spouse
whose spouse
has preceded
her or him in death
sees the deceased
spouse in white light

waiting
loving
welcoming
her or him
into the afterlife

and i believe
that could
be
a validation
of romantic love
forever

and i believe
those that don’t
find that forever
in this life
might find it
in the afterlife

bob boyd