we will always have touches of sadness

during our lives

expectations will have their disappointments

days will come with rain and rainbows

i expect nothing less from life

as every night we lie down to sleep

i will be grateful for every moment

the day has given me of you

as the years roll by i count not a day

nor any hour

as less than the blessing you are

to each day, to every hour

your hand in mine

i grasp what is my Earthly paradise

yet, in a larger measure that which is Divine
the prescience of knowing moments
these clasping hands
are destined into the forevermore 

1/14/19