To Gloria, on Her Eighty First Birthday
Just one more page has now been turned
inside your book of life.
For fifty five of your eighty one years,
You have blessed me as my wife.
In all this time my love for you
continues in its flow,
and in my heart the flame of love
burns with a brightened glow.
The seeds of love were planted deep
so many years ago.
From firm foundations in my soul
I’ve felt them steadily grow.
Like endless flow of a mountain stream,
true love won’t run its course.
It flows along from year to year,
increasing in its force.
Enhanced by hope and trust in God
and faithful lives together,
we’ve overcome the many storms
of life’s inclement weather.
Today, as I look in your eyes
I feel within my heart
though mortal lives in time will end,
our souls shall never part.