My Dearest, My Wife

I have now known you nearly all of my life.
You have been my refuge from life’s storms,
My salvation, my love, my wife.
Yet with every passing year together,
I feel we grow closer still.

Now you know the road we’ve traveled;
It has sometimes been long and steep.
Yet we have had a whole lifetime together to keep;
Now close to the downhill side of the mountain of life,
You are still my everything, my all, my wife.

Today on your 71st birthday,
I wish you nothing but happiness and love to surround you today.
Together, may the rest of our travels in life’s clear blue sea,
Be as beautiful and bright as the love you’ve given me;
My love, my dearest, my wife.

Hope you have a good birthday!

Love you!
Bob, 1/28/14 & Edited on 1/28/23