Married Valentine

Look at you, married Valentine
So strong and handome in your suit
You just said 'I do'
and you kissed me in front of the whole wide world...

You take my breath away, married Valentine
You are mine
There is nothing excites me more
Than to watch that thick band of gold lay round your finger

Oh, married Valentine
So manly yet so gentle
holding our newborn son in your arms
He almost fits in the palm of your hand

Smile at me, married Valentine
I can see the laugh lines around your eyes
I put them there I know
Because every time you look at me you smile

Another moment in time, married Valentine
I saw the worry in your eyes but you tried to hide it
An emergency delivery--she did not breathe at first
I saw you hold your breath, but then she cried and all was fine

Married Valentine, you are the calm in calamity
My world came crashing down
But you held me and grieved right along beside me
I was his daughter by birth and then you were his son by love

I am so tired, Married Valentine
I play with these words all day long
You work hard but you send me along to play some more
To place them together and bind them up

Oh, Married Valentine, I am often speechless
At the very thought of you
Even an old wordsmith like me
Cannot meld them in the pot in just the right formula and sequence

My Married, Bright Eyed Valentine
You hold my world in those eyes
I was just a wispy thought on a breeze until you came
And secured me to the fencepost yet I can still savor the air

Day by Day, Married Valentine
You allow me--all of us--to flourish
Silly babes, so dramatic like me
We dance among and around you with wispy ideas

Married Valentine
You define marriage
You are the rock the others break against
Forever mine, my Married Valentine, my husband divine.