It used to be I’d climb a mountain

Or walk a forest trail for days

I found there was a certain solace

It’s how I reconciled my ways

But something deep inside was missing

I can’t explain the void that grew

No matter how many treks I started

Their paths would end till I met you

The wilderness became companion

With memories I know will last

Yet I found I still had freedom

To visit relics of my past

And every time I went too far

I stopped and looked and you were there

Like a shepherd tending newborns

You have so much love to share

And now twenty short years later

The local ridges I still climb

The forest trails are a little shorter

I have a better sense of time

And though it’s true despite myself  

It is the story of my life

Just as sure as God’s in heaven

I am so grateful you’re my wife

Copyright 2011 Patrick Granfors