the future

a quiet moment, in our home
playing my songs for her on piano
discussing our future
I decided to play a new one
she cried at the crescendo
told me she loved it
but when I turned, ready to kneel,
she was already gone
apparently unaware of the stark proposal
from the other room she began remarking on some unremarkable thing
sheepishly, I pursued her
box in hand
"You forgot the best part", I said
and the rest is future