I love you

This will never change
Though it awakens always in truth

How could I have known
That my love for you
Would grow as it has become?

Where the man in me sought to gain
And the man loving you sought to give
And the man walking with you sought to share
Do I still find great wonder in us

For the joining of our paths
Did not remove our personal perspectives
Where joys were expressed as one
And sorrows were felt as one
Did we find a greater soul

And this that we experience
So that together did our hardships become two
And likewise also did our wonderment double
In all things we shared together
For our paths combined one to another
Did draw a wider brush

Not one thing could I endure without you
Nor is any goodness withheld from you
For the essence of my soul
Includes your life in all things
And the awakening of my life
Is done so with us together
As is my desire since the beginning

And I have no Greater Friend than you

For my heart and will accepts all of you
And my life cannot depart from your love

When I am lost, you find me
And when in darkness I trust you
Your love stands with me in all things

And though we hope always for great peace
Are we bonded in all things together
The wonderful, the difficult, the unknown
Of our need for one another is no doubt

But never shall I lose our dreams
Even those that do not become real
For in them is the intent of our love
And the security of our choice
To share this life together in trust

Always are my ears open to you
And forever are my eyes upon you
In every day my heart does seek you
And my bones call out to your comforts
As there is no other I love as you
Shall my last breath be given to care for you

The road is long behind us now
And ahead still more unknown
But of this does our promise fail not
Nor in any way shall we be lost
As I can never forget you my love
And the discovery of you is without end
So shall you have me with you always and everyday

Together.

Happy 16th Anniversary my Beautiful Wife
and the Love of my life.

Your Husband,
Ryan o0o