BLUE EYES

(To my beloved, Happy Anniversary!)

I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; Song of Solomon 6:3.

My first look into their blueness took me diving straight heartward.

Lost in liquid love. Memory clear still.

And you gazed back into my soul.

Did you see love there

–igniting?

Love, swept up, pulled deep, locked safe in heart chambers, remains there now.

Love is patient and kind. I Cor. 13:4.

25 Years Together

First, as friend, shy, careful. First date, first finger-clasp, first brush of kiss. Tennis sets, popcorned movies, strolled walks, long talking on phone. Step-sitters watching traffic and days pass by. Bright chariot of red with My Prince for dates at lunch. Heartthrob…

30 Years Together

Overwhelmed with busy, you: college courses, camera clicking, games to capture on film. Study, study groups, exams. Quarrelsome dad, pressure…

Me: busyness like you, classes and study, life plans to ponder. Brake and heartbreak—step back, slow down.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,

endures all things. I Cor. 13:7

Time passes as the shadows, and hearts still bound as one, our worlds collide at a chance supermarket meeting. Together again for good.

Love never ends. I Cor. 13:8.

Cap and gown and teen excitement.

What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. Mk 10:9.

Today, graduation day. Your gift, tiny-boxed bit of starlight, one- kneed proposal. Yes, of course, YES!!

Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Ruth 1:16.

Three images of father, each blue shades, soul windows like us. Blessings,

God’s gift.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, Ps. 127:3-5.

Those little eyes watch, learn imitation, learn life. Love, responsibility. Dad and mom, sons. Joy!

Family.
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. Prov. 17:6

Just now, you massage those same eyes of blue, fatigued from long labored day. More line framed but still my undoing. Heart flutter.

Turn away your eyes from me–for they overwhelm me–Song of Sol. 6:5. 

You draw me close. I sigh and look deep, deep to soul,

where faith lives, and goodness, and me.

Until Heaven, and then forever.

Our history, future, now…