Surprise Me

Receiving a gift

What a joyful surprise

I see the gleam in your eyes

As you hand over the package wrapped in disguise

You approach from behind

I gasp and swat but I don’t really mind

“Hey! You surprised me!”

I giggle with glee

An act out of nowhere, a jolt of surprise, the exhilaration, the joy of the ride

We put surprises on pedestals

Hoping they live up to what we want them to be

Live off expectations as our foundations

It can quickly get old striving for said sensations

because what’s crazy to me,

the biggest surprise

Is that i don’t like surprises

I don’t like disguises

Not even one bit, i don’t like random rises

Because what i like

Is knowing that you can no longer surprise me

I've seen your best and your worst

Your comfort and your thirst

I've seen your proudest and your loudest

Your mildest and rowdiest

I've held you when you couldn’t keep yourself up

And we’ve fallen down together

So, yes, you make my words come out in a stutter and my heartbeat flutter

But no, there are no more ways you can surprise me