Written in the Valentine's card from Brian 2015

Fifty-four years since that first Valentine -

A nonsense verse because I knew no better - 

But time does not encourage the sublime

And words are just as difficult as ever. 

Fifty-four years of unexpected love

Tentatively etched as if afraid

That any moment, like a startled dove,

It may fly off before a word is said.

Fifty-four years of constant mystery,

delighting in the day-to-day unknown,

Hidden within a lifetimes constancy,

A union which endures to make us one.

We may not be as young as we were then

But our love laughs at time - and says Amen!

B xxx

Brian Hick 14.2.15

©copyright Sally Hick February 2022