{"id":51,"date":"2015-05-18T09:21:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T09:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2022-03-08T20:08:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T02:08:55","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clearicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"812\" height=\"339\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Sacramento; font-size: 36pt;\">Dedication<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">This site is for the beautiful angel forever at my side,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">She is my angel and she is my beautiful bride,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">I am forever grateful that she sought me out,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">Only she could teach me what love is about. I love you Patti.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: Sacramento;\">A Microsecond of Love<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">My existence is but a microsecond of love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">I realize how desperately I need you as each moment in my day flies,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">Your voice in the background is magic for my soul as time again mystifies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">Is it possible for an hour away from you to stretch the membrane of time?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">Each hour seems two or more, yet so much less in my normal timeline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">The timeline of my existence is so microscopic when viewed as a part,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">I am but a microsecond of eternity yet it is so very long when we are apart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">With you near each portion in time is filled with love, making it complete,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">A moment complete is absent nothing except the existence of defeat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">Vacant time is perhaps the most precious thing those in love could know,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">Sensations of time can be accelerated by the heart, yet it will never slow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">As sleep escapes me once again I rejoice that I can spend it loving you,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"xr_tl No_Spacing\" style=\"font-family: Alice; font-size: 14pt;\">Though, it seems so slow at the moment, by morning the time again flew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">The following poem was the first poem written to and for Patti.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"><em>Although Pat had written a few poems prior, this is the first poem expressing emotion and love.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Sacramento; font-size: 24pt;\">The Greatest Cargo I Will Carry (written September 1965)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">The greatest cargo I will ever carry is within my heart to give away, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">It is there for you my angel if only you would wake and look my way, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Once empty and cold the feelings of love were in dreams far away, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">From the darkness came the light from such an unexpected display, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Will you ever know the influence you&#8217;ve had on my heart and my mind, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">How can it be that in another&#8217;s room I would walk into my lifetime find, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">You own the most precious cargo that I discovered but a month ago, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">In a series of dreams you were seen as someone I would never know, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Oh please don&#8217;t ever leave me until you have had time to learn more, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">The only love I have known is but a month in creation from before, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">In a dimension of love&#8217;s fortune I saw the girl of whom I have dreamed, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">When you came by to say hello to me did I stare for as long as it seemed, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Tonight in my bed I will hold your image tightly and whisper in your ear,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">In a series of dreams I will find you in a rose garden and hold you dear, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">No man knows the boundaries of his will unless tested with true love, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">It&#8217;s a testimonial to free will given by God as he created all from above, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">I give of my love willingly please be kind as it will only be given to you, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Please don&#8217;t ever break my heart as I don&#8217;t know what I can live through, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">A month ago I still felt to be a boy until I walked into a star in the sky, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">And now that I know love I will never ask of its making or ask why, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Today I am a man so deeply in love to remain such until the end of time, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">I&#8217;ve told you I&#8217;m in love with you many times but I&#8217;ll say it again in rhyme, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">As you walk away through the door I feel I may cry just to see you go, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Look into my eyes and listen, I am the greatest love you will ever know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">The end. 1965 first poem written to Patti. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">To view the full collection, please use the navigation bar\u00a0at the top of the screen<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 24pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Sacramento;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/catalogue-of-poetry\/\">click here<\/a><\/span><\/span> to be taken to the main Catalogue of Poetry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Alice;\">Newest content can also be found in the<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/newly-added-poetry\/\">Newly Added Poetry<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Alice;\">section.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: Sacramento;\">I Am Grateful<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Sometimes in my life I\u2019ve overlooked how important you are to me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">I\u2019ve loved you for so long that I overlook things although I do see,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">I see the things you do yet I fail to tell you that I see what you do,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">You\u2019ve done for me for so long and yet I have failed to say thank you,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">When I am ill you are at my side not only in love but as my protector,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">I am grateful through and through and each day for it I love you more,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">My heart is yours and it will belong to you until the stars no longer shine,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">I am eternally grateful for your love and that you have always been mine,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Through time\u2019s journey we have held hands and strength comes from this,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Even more I gain inspiration from looking into your eyes followed by a kiss,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">And from your heart\u2019s example I\u2019ve gained more as I\u2019ve endured through life,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Without you I couldn\u2019t go on, I have survived because\u2026..you are my wife,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">I love you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pattis-iPhone-March-252014-114.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">Conceived by Patrick King. 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