February 14, 2000

Moments, like blossoms of lavender,
fade faster than I aspire.
I know I'm missing most of
The scent of our lives together,
Tied up in tares of tenacious toil
Your long suffering is like ambrosia
And I consume it as air, unaware,
Of the possibility of loss
Most of the moments of most of the daze.
But I know my need like my nature
Long for the harbor of your bosom
A calm in the storm of my life.

You are an evergreen of lavender,
Lovely always,

I can never express the value of you,
my Love,
but I do know.

Evergreen Lavender
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