Never (is such a long time)

29/01/2021 – Poem a Day Compilation



Never is such a long time

But I think I can do it

It’s not really a hardship

When loving you is so easy



Gonna fill my world with you

And be your biggest fan,

Cheering on all your successes

Congratulating you at every turn



Give me a moment, if you will,

To sing your highest praises

Because you deserve every one

Even when you don’t feel it



You think it’s silly that I’m this way

But it’s all because of you

They way you light up my life

And make it worth living



Up until I met you

I thought I knew what love was

But now I see I was wrong

And it’s a pale imitation



Never is such a long time

But I’m here ‘til the end of time

Come hell or high water

Nothing will keep me away



Gonna do everything I can

To make life perfect for you

And though I may sometimes fail

It’s worth it just for you



Let me shower you with love

And let the whole world know

You are my forever

And there’s nothing I won’t do



You bring sunshine after rain

The birds sing when you’re around

The flowers bloom a little early

And the days seem like a dream



Down in my soul

Where all my love resides

Is a home that I built for you

The day I first saw your face



Never is such a long time

But together we can make it work

Our love lifting us above the troubles

And devotion seeing us through



Gonna be the best person I can

To champion your every cause

Because you are amazing

And I love you with all my heart



Run every marathon

Swim every ocean

Cross every continent

I will be there for you



Around every bunch of flowers

Will be a ribbon tied with love

Even if I’ve just picked them

Walking home from work



And when Valentine’s Day come around

I will show you the depths of my love

Not just with gifts

But with affection, too



Desert you, I never will

Because it’s not in my nature

To abandon the one I love

When the going gets a bit tough



You are my joy and my smile

You are my laughter ‘til I cry

You make the world a better place

And for that I love you more



Never is such a long time

And it feels like that when we part

The hours while we’re at work

Are the longest I’ve ever known



Gonna carry the weight of the world for you

So you don’t have to feel the strain

And you can be the woman

You were always meant to be



Make no excuses for your brilliance

You shine like a million stars

There is no one that compares

And nowhere I’d rather be



You are my food, my nourishment

When I forget to eat

As I stare wistfully into your eyes

Across the restaurant table



Cry only tears of joy for me

But if you are overtaken by sadness

Allow me to be your comfort then

And be everything you need



Never is such a long time

I’m glad I didn’t have to wait that long

Though I was very nervous

When I got down on one knee



Gonna make sure our life together

Is the best that it can be

Because there’s no one I’d rather spend it with

That you, my darling wife



Say what you will about marriage

It’s not for everyone

But I have found the perfect partner

And the best friend I could ever have



Goodbye to my single days

Feeling so empty and alone

But you gave me the power I needed

To love me the way I was



Never is such a long time

Let’s have no more talk of that

We’ll focus on the future

And our lives together instead



Gonna take the ups and downs in our stride

Always having each other’s backs

A team like no other

You and me against the world



Tell the universe to stop looking

We’ve found what we both need

A laugh, a smile, a warm embrace

And a ton of time to discover



A world of adventure awaits

We’ll travel to the ends of the earth

We’ll climb every mountain

And we’ll do it side by side



Lie on a bed of roses

Sit on the sandy shore

Walk through misty moorlands

Tiptoe through tulip fields



And when we are both exhausted

We’ll collapse into each other’s arms

Safe in the knowledge

We can do it all again



Hurt will be behind us

Our love will find a way

Of guiding us on our journey

To see what the future holds



You give me strength and determination

When I am at my lowest ebb

With you I can do anything

Because you are the song in my heart and my head

Motionless

21/10/2020 -  Poem a Day Compilation



The wind has stopped blowing,

Its gentle kisses paused a while

As I stand on this beach with you

Just as I have done so many times before.



The waves have fallen away,

No longer lapping at my toes

Or bringing ashore seaweed fronds

To dry in the midday sun.



The earth rotates stalls,

Its movement halted for a moment

So that we may savour it

And drink it in.



A star suspends itself,

The first seen as dusk approaches

And the sky follows suit

As if in sympathy.



No air escapes my lungs,

An instant captured without thought

Burned into my memory

Of we two, motionless, in love.

For What It’s Worth

13/09/2020 -  Poem a Day Compilation



When we met,

I fell in love with your eyes,

Soft blue like melted ice –

A window to your soul.



Then I fell in love with your smile,

The way one corner of your mouth

Would pull up before the other,

And my whole world lit up.



Soon enough, I fell for your mind.

The way it worked through problems

And opened up new solutions

While I sat and watched in awe.



I fell in love with your humour

And the way you could make me laugh;

The tales you could spin

That would keep me enthralled.



What I didn’t know back then,

In the very early days,

Was that you were falling in love

With little, old me.



I never thought you’d stay,

Not forever, anyway.

But, for what it’s worth,

I hoped that you would.