like the morning sun’s early light,
　　filling my memories and dreams of us
　　with a warm and clear radiance.
　　you have become my love, my life,
　　and together we have shaped our world
　　until it seems now as natural as breathing.
　　but i remember when it wasn’t always so –
　　times when peace and happiness seemed more
　　like intruders in my life than
　　the familiar companions they are today;
　　times when we struggled to know each other,
　　but always smoothing out those rough spots
　　until we came to share ourselves completely.
　　we can never rid our lives entirely
　　of sadness and difficult times
　　but we
　　can understand them together, and grow
　　stronger as individuals and as a loving couple.
　　if i don’t tell you as often as i’d like,
　　it’s because i could never tell you enough –
　　that i’m grateful for you
　　sharing your life with mine,
　　and that my love for you will live forever.
　　by edmund o’neil