“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.
In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.”
Maya Angelou

Thank you, my love,
For all that you are,
For being WHO you are,
For loving me
In return.
What would I
Have done without you
Over all these years
Of pain and anger
And loneliness,
Of trying and failing,
Of feeling so often
That life was not worth
The effort?
But you
Would not leave me,
Would not allow life,
Or my own weaknesses,
To vanquish me.
Because you loved me
I lived,
And I live always
For our love.


For Michael

c. 2024