tomorrow will be our third anniversary. it really does get better every year.
i am a very lucky woman to have a husband with a poetic side. he writes me many, many poems. i can never bear to throw even the shortest little rhyme away, which is why we have a couple of shoeboxes full stashed in our house. below is the one he wrote me last year for our anniversary. it's one of my favorites and i thought i would share it here as another way to celebrate.
we met, and he proposed four days later. several friends thought i was being too hasty and making a mistake. the thing is...we just knew.
A boy who loved a girl
Not wanting to go too fast
“It’s a whole new world”
He thought, referring to his past
He knew that she was distinct
Different from the rest
“This girl’s so unique”
He thought, “Better than the best”
Sure enough, his thoughts played out
As conversations between them grew deeper
“What if she’s the one, without a doubt”
He thought, “Truly she’s a keeper”
Before they ever met, he would ponder
Over all of the early potential
“Maybe this is it, I wonder”
He thought, “Purely providential”
That day came when they first met
He was nervous and out of touch
“She won’t want to do that again, I bet”
He thought, “I know I talked too much”
Yet, he got the courage up to call her
Shortly after their first summit
“How’d that go? I’m just not sure”
He thought, “I’ll just ask her about it”
Upon it ringing, she answered her cell
With a friend and her dog by her side
“Hello…I think it went well”
She thought, “At least he clumsily tried”
In the conversation, he wanted to appeal
A bit too nervous, he gathered his strength
“Can we try again? I won’t talk a great deal”
He thought, “I’ll have to shorten my length”
In their next encounter
His nerves were laid-back
“I’ll find out so much about her”
He thought, “This time I won’t slack”
So they continued to assemble
Their curiosities to never decline
“My hands are starting to tremble”
He thought, “I must make her mine”
Then one evening on the phone
She suddenly realized the fact
“I want him for me alone”
She thought, “Marriage as our pact”
That next night they were together
He knew what he had to do
“I want to be with you forever”
He said, “I will always love you”
His words resounded as they sat on the futon
Now this was only their third date
“Our days will indeed go on”
They thought, “Until death will separate”
Then their thoughts began to align
A pattern they continue to set forth
“I’m so blessed that your mine”
Each thought, “I value your true worth”
That day had finally come for them
Another chapter to their story
“I do! Through the power of Him”
They declared, for everyone to see
Their love is still growing
Not every day is bliss
“I love her in all ways, knowing”
He thought, “I’ll always have this”
He still recalls how he feels
About the beginning to this romance
“In the end true love always heals”
He thinks, “I’m so glad I took the chance”
And so this love song continues to play
No need for praise or applaud
“One things for certain” the boy and girl would say
“All glory be to God”
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