The perfect twenty-five days

Those twenty-five days with you

were the best gifts that I could ask for last year.

It was a year full of uncertainties for everyone

but there you were - 

making sure we start and end 

the crazy year together.

The moment I saw you at the airport

was the moment I knew that

my day-to-day routine will end.

And those perfect days

were ahead, for sure.

Those twenty-five days with you

were the most eventful days of last year.

Afternoon walks at the beach or around the lake,

along highways and streets,

sunset views, twilight times, fireworks, 

movies, food - mostly sweets, 

teas, snails, and broccoli,

Christmas and new year celebrations,

painting, reading, and shopping,

driving across emirates, barbecuing

stargazing, getting lost...

living life with you 

did not have to be perfect 

but they were. 

Simply because we just let it be. 

Thank you for spending those twenty-five days with me.