Love Like Morning Sun

So often, when I'm alone with my thoughts,
I feel your presence¹ enter me
like the morning sun's early light,
filling my memories and dreams of us
with a warm and clear radiance.

You have become my love, my life,
and together we have shaped our world
until it seems now as natural as breathing.

But I remember when it wasn't always so -
times when peace and happiness seemed more
like intruders in my life than
the familiar companions they are today;
times when we struggled to know each other,
but always smoothing out those rough² spots
until we came to share ourselves completely³.

We can never rid our lives entirely
of sadness and difficult times
but we
can understand them together, and grow
stronger as individuals and as a loving couple.

If I don't tell you as often as I'd like,
it's because I could never tell you enough -
that I'm grateful⁴ for you
sharing your life with mine,
and that my love for you will live forever.

by Edmund O'Neil