Happy V-day

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

TO MY LOVE AUSTIN

AND MY BOYS

My Friend, My Love

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It began as all fires do,

a spark soon ignited into a blaze of warmth and colourful delight.

You held my hand, became my friend,

earned my trust and my future once again looked bright.

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Loneliness turned to hope,

emptiness filled up with dreams.

Hunger was satisfied,

and the darkness lit by love's moonbeams.

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Tears no longer hit the ground,

they fall on your loving shoulder.

I feel younger,

as our love grows older.

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When sorrow leaves me wilted as a sun-parched rose,

your comfort is a river that flows and flows.

The sun's light, the morning dew,

they are all the beauty that is you.

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When passion ebbs,

as tides do,

love fills the wake,

and carries us through.

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Your strength is as the oak,

but if it is my need you bend like the willow.
My heart is filled,

like a lucky sail with wind to billow.
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Harsh cold winters,

wet springs, blissful summer heat, and the fall of time,

They'll weather my spirit,

with grace and peace, your hand in mine.

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Our love's sweet creations, joyous children,

blessed am I thanks to God and you.

What greater beauty could shed light,

on the love that came from two.
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Love's sweet reflection,

laughing, growing, thriving, learning.

Words cannot express what my heart feels,

how strong my love is burning.

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When God took one home,

I felt my heart would never again see the sun.

But you, my love, walked with me, through the sadness,

and together we share the memories that keep our family one.

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The lines of age will etch their mark on us

and time will take the strength from our bodies.

But love's brush will paint for us a picture of such beauty,

That a hundred lifetimes could not remove their glory.

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- K. Brook -