Saturday, May 25, 2013

Hero


Vows were made
so many years ago.
Love was strong,
our candle burned bright
the glow of its light
illumined our path.

Time moved forward
along pathways we walked.
Together,
hand in hand,
learning, loving.

I've watched you grow,
blossom.
As a woman, a wife.
A mother.
My best friend.

Amazement fills my thoughts,
through it all
you smile, even amidst tears,
or while pain racked your body...

Your beautiful body
glowing with passion, yet
scarred with sickness...

Love blinds us to
what we don't see,
our eyes are opened
to normal.
Our normal.

You keep us all strong
even when weakness
hugs you in an
unwanted embrace.

My love is
bigger
deeper
higher
than it ever was.

For you are
my helpmeet
my passion
our rock.

My hero.

9 comments:

  1. Such a loving poem. May happiness rain down on you both!

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  2. This brought tears to my eyes, amazingly sad when our parents, our heroes get weaker... somehow that's when we know we have to grow ourselves and that's hard... Thank you for sharing

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  3. A compelling read - a real love story in no way "storybook romance" but full of genuine emotions.

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  4. So beautiful and touching... brought tears to my eyes, too. You are a lucky man!

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  5. beautiful...i hope you let her read this....as it would def be very special to know how you have touched a life so...and isnt it so wonderful to realize it as well...smiles.

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  6. Holy shit this teared me up. You're beautiful

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  7. Beautiful Rod, and it is so much the richer for being really real in a way that most romantic poetry fails to be, if you know what I mean.

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  8. It would be so nice if all husbands felt this way about their wives.

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