For My Love, (on his birthday)

 
Let me celebrate my knowing
all those small delights,
that bring a smile
up from the depths
and let a laugh bubble
over my heart,
when I hear it from your lips.

We have made a journey
few are blessed to take,
without a map to point
the way or even crumbs
upon the path, but darling
we have blazed a trail and set
markers where we should stop again.

See the road as it wends
through the dappled glen,
mysteries await around
each corner and I am eager to see.
Let's travel through another year,
breathless and willing
to find our joys together.

It is overwhelming
to have this in my soul
to love each waking moment
that I can call you mine.
I want to make a gift
of my very essence
that you can carry with you.

It is a light, lit to show you
the way to my heart,
a song, sung on days when music
becomes a prayer;
a verse of love and gratitude,
a poem, from my heart,
a love to wrap around you.

I give you this and more.

Always.