Your poem is still young
I have not mastered it just yet
I am constantly revising
still working on the phrasing
Your poem is still young
though its meaning is defined
I only have the final line
those last three certain words
Your poem is still young
each year instils new ideas
your actions suggest more rhymes
and we have many years to go
Your poem is still young
though I recite it constantly
my aim is to perfect it
through every day and night
Your poem is still young
I’d hoped to have found a way to say
to address all of the beauty and joy
there is in you, by now, but no
Your poem is still young
and I am glad to say that
it remains unfinished even now
open on the pages of my favourite notebook
Your poem is still young
still improving with every moment
as we lay together, safe in the flames
until the end of time, I’ll sing;
I love you…
Thanks for reading.
The Lighthouse 