In Every Moment That You Share

We pledged a love to last forever.

Now life's a fading afternoon,

And bent with age I sit and wonder,

What made forever come so soon?

But then I feel your glance upon me,

And in your eyes that light sublime,

And, lo, I realize, "forever"

Had never anything to do with time.

For when your love's a depthless loving,

And when your care's a boundless care

Then truly do you love forever

In every moment that you share.   

Tender Subjects

 I asked, "How can anyone who really knows me ever love me?" only to discover that it was the only way anyone ever would.

"It's not easy -- loving someone through the chinks in their armor -- especially when the love they return is so often trapped inside."

"To truly know someone is to know the thing they never speak of -- and to recognize the silences that speak of it."