My Gratitude (2014)

To my secret soul, companion of my dream,
My dearest girl, my treasure and my world,
There are no words to write how much you mean,
For none have ever entered it but you:

So thank you, darling, for being who you are,
For all that you do, and the spirit in your breast;
I’ll dedicate my life and never reach the end
Of my gratitude.  In you all futures rest.

While You Sleep (2014)

With every morning that I wake beside
You, loveliest girl, soft-breathing in your sleep,
I take a moment and watch you, wonder-eyed
And full of joy.  These moments have a deep
And penetrating power, enough to bring
Me pleasure and warmth upon the coldest day,
While in my dreams with angel voice they sing
And cheer me through the nights you cannot stay.
And so, my precious girl and greatest bliss,
Since time is not yet pacing at the door,
I’ll sit and watch you sleep a moment more,
And then, at last, when night is almost done,
I’ll whisper your name, awake you with a kiss,
And behold in your eyes the rising of the sun.

Your Silence (2014)

Sing to me, lovely! Your silence is grief

Swallowed inward to pool in the heart.

My loveliest, sing!  For you are not alone,

Though you wander forlorn and apart.

Whisper to me in a candle-lit room

And weep out the grief in your breast;

In my arms you are safe, so lay yourself down

That your heart may find healing and rest.

With Every Year (2014)

A year has passed since they began to feel
This subtle yet insistent pull, this call
That whispered in their hearts that they would fall
To a life-transforming love, that they would kneel
To the infinite in themselves.  Now, they’ve heard the peal
Of heaven’s clear bells, and the cacaphone squall
Of hell’s harsh drumming, yet surmounted all
For the chance to know what’s fully and perfectly real.
This year has been the first of many more,
And they’ll see them all as two and also one;
They’ll dance together beneath the moon and sun,
Rejoicing in life, and doing what they adore
Together, completed, and stronger than their fears,
Their limitless love increasing with the years.

Home (2013)

No matter what should come in future time,
Remember what this feels like, here, beside
The one you love: this swelling of the tide
Within your heart, your love now at its prime;
The way you feel so treasured and sublime,
And know that this is where you could reside
Forever, full of joy and wonder-eyed,
A little world kept warm with kiss and rhyme.
Remember this place, for in future days,
Though we find ourselves again bewildered, lost,
Alone and hurting, and wondering at the ways
Of mysterious love, I swear I will exhaust
All I am to regain you; united, past every fear,
We’ll find the way that leads us back to here.