Meditations of Love #2

Silken raven hair of curls
The years have added grey
Soft, creamy skin
Now defined by lines
Around your eyes

The beauty of youth
Leads you to distinguished age
How you gracefully hold
Energy, hope, vision
In tension with
Knowledge, wisdom and temperance

Silken raven hair of curls
Your crown of splendor
Is appearing
Shaped by
Time
Sacrifice
Community

You have given your all
You have put others first
You have believed in us
And them

Oh how I believe in you

You are my gift to the world
You are my child
My prince
My friend
My beloved one

See how you shine as I gaze on you?