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A Poem for My Forever Valentine

Flowers to be admired, though their beauty is ever fleeting.
Reminds me of the truth, your love is all exceeding.
Time cannot diminish what grows stronger through our days.

Though seasons may batter and life may bruise,

It’s our love for each other that carries us through.


Books to be read, ideas to be stirred, our imaginations left to dance,

To the unheard lyrics of love that can only be passed between those

Who delicately hold on to life together, like the yet to be turned page

Balanced between the thumb and index finger.

Breath bated with excitement and anticipation of what comes next.


Coffee to be sipped slowly, as the steam curls up from the cup,

A reminder of how fleeting this life we share really is.

But we live and love for more than the here and now, don’t we?

We live and love for our girls to see, really see,

What commitment and sacrifice look like. We live and love for forever, eternity.


Of all the evidences of grace I’ve known, you stand above them all.

Towering in your beauty, grace, elegance, and charm. A reminder that

God himself had quite a day when he fashioned you. And me, it’s my life’s

Greatest endeavor to show you, through thought, word, and deed, just

How perfect you are for me. Sometimes though, I’m my own damn worst enemy.


So whatever is left, of memories and time,

I’m grateful,

Stunned into grateful silence by you,

For you are my

Forever Valentine!

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