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How Wonderful to Have You in My Life
How wonderful to have you in my life
All my feelings whirl about my heart
Perhaps I can't contain that I'm your wife
Perhaps I don't know how or where to start
You have me always, no matter what you do
A gift I give my gift joyously
Nothing means as much to me as you
Nothing else so fully makes me, me
If I had everything that God could grant
Very little there would bring me peace
Enwrapped in you is everything I want
Rapture, warmth, affection, sweet release
So strong my love. So happy, sure, and strong
A thousand thousand years would not seem long
Reason tells me everything must end
Yet you will always be my lover and friend
~ Nicholas Gordon
***
Because in everything I do
You always have a part,
Because a loving thought of you
Is always in my heart,
Because each little wish of mine
You've tried to make come true --
On this, our day, I want to say
How dearly I love you.
***
Ten Years of Love's a Mystery of Grace
Ten years of love's a mystery of grace.
Each must have a separate gift to love.
Neither God nor lover could embrace
You, did you not your own heart move.
Each day we must decide to love anew
As God gives us the strength that way to bend.
Reason cannot make one out of two,
So faith must be the power that our lives blend.
***
Because in everything I do
You always have a part,
Because a loving thought of you
Is always in my heart,
Because each little wish of mine
You've tried to make come true
On this, our day, I want to say
How dearly I love you.
***
I Have No Life But This
I have no life but this,
To lead it here;
Nor any death, but lest
Dispelled from there;
Nor tie to earths to come,
Nor action new,
Except through this extent,
The Realm of You!
~~Emily Dickinson
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Seasoned Anniversary
Anniversaries have come and gone;
The years have past so fast;
There's times our pasts have been so busy;
It's made us feel alone;
But time has slowed and no more push and shove;
To get family things done;
Just us spending time together and taking the opportunity to love;
I stop today and take a breath realizing how inexperienced we have been;
But today's anniversary will be very special, for our best of life begins;
Our feeble hands will hold together the years that's come and past;
And all the problems in our world that's made this marriage last;
So here's a tribute to you my dearest, for holding on so strong;
And agreeing throughout the years with me even if you felt I was wrong;
A toast to you for not faltering when you knew you were in the right;
I'll love you for always no matter how nature may dim my sight........
~~Vessie
