So long ago in a land so far away when I’d rest within the glade,

I’d hold an angel I love so close to my chest as I’d slowly fade,

So near my heart was this angel yet she didn’t know back then,

Years have passed and she has become the angel from back when,

Still I need this angel so, she is the one of my eternal forever,

Forty five years ago this day we vowed till the twelfth of never,

Love flows from my angel’s eyes when we lock into a loving gaze,

Today my love lingers strong, much stronger than long ago days,

Restless days of inflicted pain has traversed my worn frame,

Such as it is this pain is rinsed to minuscule size by my flame,

Tonight your touch will sooth my soul and let my tired frame rest,

Your love has taken me to highs that would survive heaven’s test,

We as one pray, but alone I pray my children will know love such,

And to feel the satisfaction of gifted love from their lover’s touch,

Let them one day feel the joy my life has known for so very long,

At my departure I pray they celebrate “Patti’s Love” in joyous song,

Each day for so very long you have loved me more than I deserve,

Such balance of beauty has mesmerized my mind and optical nerve,

Within your heart your beauty flows to be seen as outer beauty too,

Fifty years ago I fell for you, and each day I’m more in love with you.

The end.  For the Angel of my heart. For Patti

Happy Anniversary Patti, I love you so much.