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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 aftaid
That any moment, like a startled dove,
It might 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!
Brian Hick 14.2.2015
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