Twenty-two

I love you like the ocean loves the sand
The ceaseless waves caress and kiss the land
Impossible to separate the two
I'm who I am today because of you
Although we each have lives that are our own
Together we are better than alone
Two colors intermingled become new
Creating a much deeper, richer hue
So like the ocean's endless ebb and flow
Your constancy and love I'm blessed to know
As infinite as sand grains on the shore
I count the ways I love you more and more
Through stormy seas or placid swells we ride
The waves of life together, side by side.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, The Perfect Love Poem (posted late so my husband won't see it before our anniversary on the 25th!)

Summer Song

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 Through lazy afternoons the summers pass

I walk barefooted through the new mowed grass

Grasshoppers gambol underneath my feet

As August moves to its unhurried beat

A hummingbird sips nectar from a flower

Hypnotized, I lose track of the hour

The scent of honeysuckle fills the air

Its sweetness nips my tongue and lingers there

The silken wings of butterflies alight

On fragrant flowers colorful and bright

Once the pace slows down I hear the hush

The summer's torpid tempo can't be rushed

Again I learn that here is the sublime

In this moment, living all the time.

submitted for dVerse Poets Pub, Form For All, Clarian Sonnets