valentine

have i told you lately that i love you?

i must have, i did 

but not from the depths of my heart

until now, 

plumbed from its deep beats

love about to be inscribed

for all eyes this writing beheld

my love for your tired smile 

happy smile's rested face

doing planning, hardly static

cheerful heart unending giving, 

planting planning escapades, 

our time simple sundry, ever complex 

together romantic

my love for your giving 

cheerful heart at your best

despite your pain's piercing dogged drag

you overcome 

your overwhelming love for family, 

me and God written on your sleeve

my wife, sister, 

bride forever friend,

my life

i don't want us to die,

but so it is, we must to live

would that it be,

on the sands of the sea

underneath the sun, 

you beside me, holding close

touched our last kissed lips 

breathe each other's air

warmth's last exchanged, 

its end, goodbye together 

passed into eternity