{"id":1623,"date":"2020-08-06T19:54:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T00:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2020-11-06T19:55:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T01:55:46","slug":"grateful-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/2020\/08\/06\/grateful-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a man grateful to her for love she always shows,<\/p>\n<p>Her kindnesses to me fill me with joy as my love grows,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That I have been so fortunate for over fifty five years,<\/p>\n<p>She wants me forever happy to never shed sad tears,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She does so many little things to add moments of joy,<\/p>\n<p>From an apple to eat to a shiny rock or just a small toy,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They seem insignificant to most but I see it as treasure,<\/p>\n<p>Through my life through every day she brings pleasure,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Within my heart and soul I\u2019m excited as she draws near,<\/p>\n<p>As she approaches tingling excitement is felt so clear,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This truth of my hearts response is treasured deep within,<\/p>\n<p>None has brought excitement or has had chance to begin,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why, I\u2019ve wondered so often, why do so much for me,<\/p>\n<p>Love is truly difficult to understand and how it can be,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our marriage seems a decade, yet it\u2019s plus half a century,<\/p>\n<p>Quickly time has passed and her love remains a mystery,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Grateful tears have fallen along with tears of regret,<\/p>\n<p>Such an adorable woman with so much beauty and yet,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She has chosen a man so insignificant in the worlds eye,<\/p>\n<p>Much more she deserves that with remaining years I\u2019ll try,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To dedicate more time to write of her heart\u2019s revelations,<\/p>\n<p>Her kindnesses shown to God\u2019s animals and creations,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She finds happiness in wild flowers and such small things,<\/p>\n<p>Her joy lifts my heart as if I could fly with love given wings,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I give thanks to have her in my life, said correctly as my life,<\/p>\n<p>As teardrops flow I kneel to give thanks to God, for my wife.<\/p>\n<p>The end, by Pat for Patti. I love you baby!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a man grateful to her for love she always shows, Her kindnesses to me fill me with joy as my love grows, &nbsp; That I have been so fortunate for over fifty five years, She wants me forever happy to never shed sad tears, &nbsp; She does so many little things to add [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1624,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions\/1624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}