So often, when I'm alone with my thoughts,

I feel your presence¹ enter me

like the morning sun's early light,

filling my memories and dreams of us

with a warm and clear radiance.

You have become my love, my life,

and together we have shaped our world

until it seems now as natural as breathing.

But I remember when it wasn't always so —

times when peace and happiness seemed more

like intruders in my life than

the familiar companions they are today;

times when we struggled to know each other,

but always smoothing out those rough² spots

until we came to share ourselves completely³.

We can never rid our lives entirely⁴

of sadness and difficult times —but we

can understand them together, and grow

stronger as individuals and as a loving couple.

If I don't tell you as often as I'd like,

it's because I could never tell you enough —

that I'm grateful⁵ for you

sharing your life with mine,

and that my love for you will live forever.