A list you typed into my phone the first day we met;
a collection of letters typed into a note
by your hands that back then I was unaware
of how familiar they would become.
Movies that I had not seen and you thought it insane
that I was missing out on such wonders.
I remember at first I wanted to impress you
and so I tried my best to make my way through
this list that you had given me to keep
on my phone as a reminder;
a reminder of both the movies and you.
As the weeks began to pass I began to slow down
on those movies you said I should watch.
Not because I stopped wanting to impress you
but because I knew that I no longer needed to.
I had caught your heart as you had caught mine
and the list remains on my phone as a reminder of you
and that very first day.
I will get back to the list one day;
occasionally one is still ticked off now and then
but for now the greatest movie
is the one we are creating ourselves;
a movie of memories that I hope will last forever.
*NOTE* To avoid confusion the poem isn’t by Ryan. The name of the poem is the name of the list.
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