My twenty year wife

My twenty year wife

For many odd years you've shared my life
But this is the twentieth you've spent as my wife
Through good times and bad times we've stuck together
To me you'll always be beautiful forever

As hard as flint you can sometimes be
But also soft and resilient and forgiving to me
Heaven is as your warm embrace
As I gaze upon your beautiful face

Your lips upon my throat, my eyes and my ears
I listen to your sensual sighs
As my tummy tightens and my hearts all aflutter
For your sight I've become all but a glutton

As I ponder upon this ungainly prose
My heart goes to you my desert rose
For riches are one thing I may never have
But you're my Aladdins cave, my wonderland

A sigh on my ear or your softest touch
I never thought I could ask for this much
When you walk with me hand in hand
A taller man will not be seen, upon this land

A formidable adversary and my very best friend
I pray that you'll be there right up to the end
For the one thing I've wanted more than my life
Was you there next to me, to share as my wife

You mothered our children you gave them life
And I thank you for this my beautiful wife
If there's one thing I'm thankful for in this wonderful life
It's that God gave you to me, my twenty year wife

Thank you Elsie my love
I've loved you for twenty years, and forever
You're my heart and my soul, you're the very air that I breathe
I love you and I'll love you for all eternity and a day

Grant