I recently wrote a poem to my husband. We have been together for almost 5 years and have 4 children together (two that are here on earth). I would like to share what I wrote 🙏
To think that none of this could have existed without you
If your message in a bottle had not managed to find me
In that vast sea of faces
A reality in which our urban adventure had yet to be explored
Where we never watched the sky afire from the daycare rooftop
And I would never have found serenity during our backseat car naps
The late night visits that sparked a key drop unto the parking lot below
How quickly time slipped through clenched fingers while pleading for your presence
The arrival of our creation, inspired by love, 9 months in the making
Only to have a terrifyingly terrific tot toss us onto our heads
Revealing the secrets of the universe to me
Tucked away within her little chestnuts eyes
If my life had never changed due to the chance of meeting you
A big kid at heart with a zest for life
Trying to capture the world in the lens of his camera
Who showed me that there is more to life than misuse and abuse while Hell is let loose
Our precious princesses procuring my perspective
From a suicidal slump into something beautiful
I felt love gazing up at me in wonder as I held her in my arms
The need to protect and cherish so great
That I have had life breathed back into me
The colors returned to my world
Days endlessly wrapped up in love within our sanctuary
And I shudder to utter the thought
That none of this could have existed
If your message in a bottle had not managed found me
In that vast sea of faces
