Sweet Candy Bar
(Spoken Intro)
“Good evening, lovers… Tonight’s dedication isn’t about a love that happened overnight. It’s about two hearts that spent years smiling across rooms… running from something they never really wanted to escape. This one’s for the chocolate… and the caramel.”
Verse 1
Twenty summers couldn’t wash your smile away,
It still finds me like the very first day.
Your family laughing, music in the air,
Then our eyes met…
And love started dancing somewhere.
You became my chocolate,
I became your caramel.
Two different flavors,
But together…
We made one sweet story to tell.
Pre-Chorus
Every hello was a little too long,
Every goodbye lasted all night.
We’d laugh…
We’d flirt…
Then we’d run…
Like love wasn’t already right.
Chorus
We’re a sweet candy bar,
Wrapped in years of stolen smiles.
A little chocolate…
A little caramel…
Worth every waiting mile.
We kept circling the moment,
Never knowing where we’d land.
But somehow love kept writing
Our names in the sand.
Verse 2
Lakewood Park knew our secret before we did.
Meeting by chance…
Then pretending we weren’t looking.
Walking away…
Only to look back one more time.
You speak in melodies,
Finding a song for almost everything.
While I hear the music
In the way you say my name.
Bridge
Today was different.
No running.
No pretending.
Just two grown hearts
Sitting on the ground,
Letting the sun warm our faces,
Talking for three beautiful hours.
Who knew the earth
Could hold two people together
Better than fear ever could?
You laughed…
You stayed…
You even loved doing something
You’d never planned to do.
Maybe that’s what love has always been.
Not fireworks…
Just peace.
Final Chorus
We’re a sweet candy bar,
Chocolate meeting caramel.
Still a little shy…
Still a little playful…
Still under each other’s spell.
Twenty years later,
Our smiles still know the way.
Maybe some stories
Were never meant to hurry.
Maybe they were always meant
To bloom…
Right on time.
Spoken Outro
“To Mr. Mims… Thank you for every smile you never knew I carried home with me. Thank you for meeting me where the grass touches the sky, for sharing the sunshine, and for reminding me that sometimes the sweetest love stories don’t begin with a kiss—they begin with twenty years of choosing to smile back. This one will always have a special place in my heart… just like you.”
MsPronoia
