My life time love

My life time love

We met with jam-stained fingers

over the fence our fathers built,

chalk on hands, and grazed-up knees,

summer drifting soft between

We shared the swing, the school bell too,

your laugh behind me in the hall,

a secret glance across the room

that said far more than words could do

One day you held my shaking hand,

a kiss beneath the autumn tree,

and every world I ever knew

began and ended there with you

We worked, we dreamed, we made a place,

the walls were thin, the nights were long,

but in the dark, you’d pull me close

and hum our babies into song

Three children came, with eyes like yours,

with mischief bright and steady grace,

you mended bikes and bedtime fears

I kissed each freckled sleeping face

Now still we lie as silence grows

a soft lamp glows beside our bed

I hear your heart beat next to mine

the rhythm where all time has fled

Oh love of mine, you mean the world

and I to you, you always say

we’ve never been apart, not once

and still I love you more each day