Marriage is the mystery that transcends all time and history,
that germinates within the hearts, and saturates all other parts,
of the lives of those entwined - body, soul and mind,
as two lives are joined together, through the storms that we must weather,
individuals and yet, somehow woven, like a net,
and a family is formed, and maybe children born,
then the years grow ever longer, and the net grows ever stronger,
family becomes a tribe, and somehow no one can describe,
that love which continues on, when youth and beauty have all flown!
I'm very glad, my dear, that somehow we are still here,
and that, of all He could have found, to you He let my heart be bound,
and we haven't grown apart, but you're woven into my heart,
like a hearty kudzu vine, protecting this good soil of mine,
from erosion through the years, that would have happened with the tears,
but we're really tangled now, and I really don't see how,
we could ever be apart, without tearing up my heart,
so I guess we'll see it through, marveling at what God can do,
when He joins two hearts as one, the glue being His only son,
a happy living tree that He called a family.
And I know that this is true, I'm so happy He chose you,
my heart heard the choice He made, and happily obeyed,
and now we are so bound, by love that we have found,
our hearts play a happy song of a journey that we're on,
I know we're here to stay, forever and always,
and in my heart I know its true, there could be no one but you,
and so whatever is in store, I will only love you more,
in this marriage mystery, Happy Anniversary!
Beloved.....