Always is a way to hold onto sweet moments of love's enduring heart

sweet as the finest honey, fresh in air as a summer  rain

Life to each be given, talked about with ease

                            ~ Always and Together~

Upon an afternoon's delight, a beautiful Collie,  Lady her name,

joined the groom and his new bride..a picnic, lovely

hand stitched coverlet,  decadent lunch, from her

basket, neath a Mimosa, delicate silk

feathery clusters of pink

Poet each one, reading to one another,  Lady tilting

her head as they read, curling  to  a nap

Lightly the rain begins, they gathered all under the Mimosa tree,

kissing each other so sweetly

                         ~ Always and Together~

Into the meadow, the thunder afar, Lady, bounding playfully,

as they too, danced and giggled, gleefully played with Lady

Stopping at the garden, the groom opened the gate of the garden

for his new bride

She cut opened white roses, kissed gently by the rain, he gathered

strawberries so grand

The garden gate, he closed and slipped the latch, hurrying, running,

the rains came closer 

Holding their poetry close, her basket now holding opened white roses,

kissed with glistening rain, sweetest strawberries grand

Fine pebbled, and moss covered road, protected by magnificant hanging

moss, cascading gloriously from the oaks

                          ~Always and Together~

The couple hurried up the steps onto the veranda, then into the foyer

Lady's coat glistened,  shaking briskly the rain from her beautiful long fur

The grand mansion, beautiful... white mounted peacock, marvelous,

in the decorative wood carved alcove... above is a majestic Elk mount,

antlers, spreading unending to sight, grand piano, in the vast library,

dinner an hours by

Chilled from the rain he layed oak logs in the hearth of the carved

marble fireplace, she placed the opened white roses in an heirloom vase,

washed strawberries, to an earthen bowl, placing each at their

hand painted rose writing table

Lady, lying by the hearth, her place, as his master and his bride

read poetry, each one to the other, tender sweet words of love

A drifting warmth from the fireplace, longing in light sleep

She awoke, a coverlet, she placed upon lap to warm him

She chose a single white opened rose from the heirloom vase,

sitting now in her winged chair, watching the embers, red

                             ~ Always and Together~

She slept, he awoke..

Her shawl, he layed gently across her shoulders, kissing softly

her flushed cheek

He gazes, loving pleasant thoughts of the day, as his new bride sleeps

Poetry's Sweet moments of love's enduring heart,

he reads  in a low whisper,

to his love

                             ~Always and Together~