Anniversary of __ and ___, ----fer and --ward 24 June 2025

    My love and friend

    I see in you no end.

    Time goes swiftly

    We cannot stop it

    We need not.

    How can I word these feelings?

    I have known you a lifetime

    Our children, ever-growing,

    the love for them...

    They and us knowing.

    Love.

    Surely, ups and downs

    faults and weaknesses

    I admit, I confess

    But in my commitment to you

    There is no waver, no doubt

    To love you is life giving,

    Affirming, life enhancing.

    May I return it back?

    Will you let me?

    Thank you. Thank you, my love, mi vida.

    I am grateful you have shared so much,

    of you, from you, with me.

    And us.

    We are we.

    Separate, apart, together, united.

    You, me, us, with the young ones.

    Family, God, community.

    We have given and shared.

    You have served and cared.

    I am a witness to your love.

    God on high shines up above.

    On you, towards me.

    There is nothing more

    I can ask.

    You delivered, you gave

    I received, I am amazed.

    What can I give to you?

    My heart, my love, my

    blood and sweat, till the end.

    I will not quit, I cannot relent.

    You are my trajectory, my goal,

    To have my life spent.

    I am yours.

    Do as you please.

    Be free and playful.

    Act as you need.

    Be true to yourself, the child within.

    Let me be with you, where we did begin.

    We are here.

    You and me.

    We met in January.

    We wed in June.

    We had babies. June, September, March.

    We worked, we played,

    we loved, we sang.

    Through trials and triumphs.

    We danced, we worshipped

    slept and wake

    Smiled and laughed

    Had family meals and parties.

    Where are we now?

    Together--

        stay by me

    

    Stay with me, I promise-

    All and nothing.

    Only me

        And you.

    Plus God, the angels, 

    all our kindred living and past,

    immediate family and more distant friends-

    -with us

    I pray they smile upon us as we them.

    Eternally loving, you, me, us.

    Joy.