Tenured Love

Coffee stains adorn the blouse
Of one I put above
Soiled slippers warm the feet
Of she I did swear love

The face I've always known
Set in different frames
Echoes moments from our past
Different yet the same

Lips so full and sweet
Spoke words I longed to hear
And vibrate in my mind today
Alive and loud and clear

It's in the air we breathe
As it drifts throughout our home
A look, a laugh, a hope, a dream
A living lifelong poem