August 29, 2008

• My Love For You Will Last Forever

  To Carol on our Wedding Day

  My Love For You Will Last Forever

  September 7, 2008
  
  
  
  

  ---

  Carol,

  
  

  Today, I will try tell the world
  
  

  
  

  just how much you mean to me.
  
  

  
  

  Today I will try tell the world
  
  

  
  

  just how much I love you,
  

  
  

  and today,
  

  
  

  I will try tell the world
  
  

  
  

  just how I am the happiest man
  

  
  

  on the face of the earth.

  
  

  ---

  
  

  Carol,
  
  

  
  
  

  I remember the day it all began,
  
  like it was yesterday:
  
  
  
  That August day when you walked through that door,
  
  

  
  

  the clouds parted,

  
  

  the sun shone down,
  
  

  
  

  and I saw you standing there,

  
  

  short blue skirt,
  
  

  
  

  long jacket,
  
  

  
  

  squinting,
  
  

  
  

  - looking for someone -
  
  

  
  

  And as I look back
  

  
  

  I like to think it was me.

  
  

  
  

  ---

  
  

  I didn't know it at that time
  

  
  

  but not only would I fall in love with you
  
  

  
  

  I did not know that I would be so
  
  

  
  

  inspired by you:
  
  

  
  

  The way you love your family,
  
  

  
  

  the way you stand by your friends;

  
  

  your passionate embrace
  

  
  

  of everything you touch,
  
  

  
  

  your honesty,
  
  

  
  

  all you do;
  
  

  
  

  All of these things have taught me
  

  
  

  the faith,

  
  

  the honor
  

  
  

  and the love in your heart.
  
  

  
  

  and through these examples,
  
  

  
  

  you revealed
  

  
  

  the love you have for me,
  
  

  
  

  a love that shines softly,
  
  

  
  

  from your green eyes.

  
  

  
  
  

  ---

  
  

  And now that I have found you

  
  

  how the world has changed for me:
  
  

  
  

  it has become clearer,
  
  

  
  

  It has become so much brighter,
  
  

  
  

  and oh so much happier.
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  And because of you
  

  
  

  I have become more focused and intent.

  
  

  And I know why:
  
  

  
  

  God gave me someone to live for,
  

  
  

  Carol, he gave me you.

  
  

  ---

  
  

  
  

  Carol, I have a confession:

  
  

  
  

  I can no longer
  

  
  

  live without your kisses on my lips
  
  

  
  

  and our "I love you's" ringing
  

  
  

  like a blessing in my ears.

  
  

  
  

  I can no longer
  

  
  

  walk in forests or on beaches
  

  
  

  or along hidden lakes
  

  
  

  without expecting you to be by my side.

  
  

  
  

  I can no longer
  

  
  

  see you atop a mountain, smiling, tip-toe
  on its peak
  
  

  
  

  without thinking
  

  
  

  "here is an angel landing."

  
  

  
  

  I can no longer
  

  
  

  go a day without your touch
  

  
  

  or the night
  

  
  

  without reaching out to you.
  

  
  

  
  

  I can no longer
  

  
  

  see a couple holding each others hand,

  
  

  walking down the street, helping each other,
  
  

  
  

  without thinking of us, thinking of our journey,
  

  
  

  and, as with everything,

  
  

  thinking of you.

  
  

  
  

  Carol, I can no longer be without you.

  
  

  ---

  
  

  Carol,
  

  
  

  I am not a poet.
  
  

  
  

  If I was a poet perhaps
  
  

  
  

  I could have arranged these words
  
  

  
  

  so they sounded like
  

  
  

  silver, or crystal, or the peeling of bells!;

  
  

  
  

  
  

  So now I will quote a real poet, Pablo Neruda:
  
  

  
  

  Since then I am because you are,

  
  

  Since then you are, I am, we are,

  
  

  and through love I will be

  
  

  you will be

  
  

  we'll be.

  ---

  
  

  Carol,

  
  

  
  

  You know
  

  
  

  how much you mean to me,
  
  

  
  

  how much I love you,
  

  
  

  and how you have made me
  

  
  

  the happiest man on the face of the earth.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Maybe I will never be able to tell the

  
  
  

  world just what you mean to me.

  
  
  

  But I can promise you this:
  

  
  

  I will try to show you every minute,

  
  

  of every hour, of every day,
  
  

  
  

  just how much I love you.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  ---

  
  

  
  

  The Colour Of My Love

  I'll paint a sun to warm your heart
  
  Knowing that we'll never part.
  
  I'll draw the years all passing by
  
  So much to learn, so much to try.

  I'll paint my mood in shadow blue,
  
  Paint my soul to be with you.
  
  I'll sketch your lips in shaded tones,
  
  Draw your mouth to my own.

  I'll trace a hand to wipe your tears
  
  And trace a look to calm your fears.
  
  A silhouette of dark and light
  
  To hold each other oh so tight.

  I'll paint the stars in the evening sky,
  
  Draw the light into your eyes,
  
  A touch of love, a touch of grace,
  
  To softly fall on your moonlit face.

  And with this ring our lives will start,
  
  Let nothing keep our love apart.
  
  I'll take your hand to hold in mine,
  
  And be together through all time.

  David Foster and Arthur Janov

  
  

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