Valentine’s Day, 2005
I’ve watched you,
And slept with you,
For a year now.
Nothing has changed
Yet everything has changed.
My eyes are older
Your mouth is stronger
But your eyes still laugh
My mouth still smiles
And we still embrace and love
But, the love is different too,
Is’t it?
That February Day,
A year ago last Monday,
I loved you and I loved you.
But it was a little girl’s love —
Pink Love
Silk Love
Springtime Love
A year passed,
One long and quick year,
And you held me
Held me every day I cried
Held me every day I screamed
Held me every day I prayed
Eventually, they
(The tears and screams) left me
Out the window with the last
Of the Texas winter winds
And I found myself
(weaker and stronger)
Still being held by You.
And,
I love you and I love you
A woman’s love now
Burgandy Love
Velvet Love
Autumnal Love
Deeper than I imagined possible
Truer than that February Day
Had I known it was possible,
To love you even more,
I would have started sooner –
And would have turned every day
Into A Single Minute
So I could have had this Love
Before Today
So I could have known
The strength and truth of Your love
The Moment after I had met You
So I would not have wasted
A single Breath
Not Loving You Enough
