thankful for the gifts from above

we hold onto each others hearts

  knowing always where the love did start              

it started in the eyes

which saw in each other the beauty to make us cry

it grew from the mind

which showed us the honesty and faith we could find

again in the body it grew so much

with the passion of our touch

a touch which kindred the spirit as a wind to flame

a touch we knew would never leave us the same

with pain and support and growth in our souls depth

with time it gave love breath

it gave love life

a protective barrier from strife

yet hurdles still remained to clear

because we could not be near

the touch often held from afar

always just out of reach like a star

but slowly its heart began to beat

for two such lost souls this was quite a feat

and with our abject consent and need

our hearts did this nourishment feed

it grew again and fill us so

so much more then we could ever know

for what was missing from our lives

was not many things or anything we saw

but together through all the tasks

no better partner could we ask

and in the end we put to it a word

love

but is it an end?

I think not

only a beginning to another story

a story, which will never end

Dave....7-12-00