Since my 25th anniversary was this week, I decided that I wanted to write a poem about love for Thankful Thursday. But not the love of God, which I write about often; rather I want to write about the kind of love between a husband and a wife, which God has given us as a gift of great value. Through the years it changes, and yet it remains our love.
Our Love
A flame sparks to life
and soon a wildfire is burning
consuming our thoughts
every waking moment fixed upon
each other
The flame persists
fueling a bond of love
burning as one desire
forging a future and family
together
The flame remains
year upon year
waxing and waning
but never extinguished
within us
The flame lingers
smoldering low but sure
enveloped in selflessness
compassion, loving
as one
Our flame sustains
burning like twilight
comforting our hearts
enjoying the future built
hand in hand
My beloved is mine, and I am his.
He feeds his flock among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 2:16 (NKJV).