A Lifetime Of Love
People said it was just a summer romance.
Now, in our winter years, there is no chance.
They were wrong about me and you.
A million to one. We made it through.
Only problem is:
None of them still lives.
Yes, we are still together.
Still in love and will be forever.
You complete me in every way.
Just as I complete your day.
You’re there in the mornings when I awake.
You’re there in the evenings with what it takes.
What it takes to make me whole.
You enrich my very soul.
Without you I can’t exist.
Without me, others are like a mist.
Not substantial enough for you.
I need you, you need me too.
It wasn’t all rainbows and lollypops.
Hopping & bopping at the high school hops.
Real life with one another wasn’t easy.
Our ups and downs were never sleazy.
They, none the less, were .bumps in the road.
On our walk to winter with each other to hold.
We are strong when we have each other.
We have been a wife a husband a father & a mother.
Yet, we overcame. We are unstoppable together.
We made it through, despite the weather.
Our love has grown during this trying time.
It is stronger now that you are still mine.
As we face a future beyond the winter of our lives.
We will overcome, because, together we are wise.
Together we will see it through.
This is my promise to you.———————-R. W. Johnson—–(2014)