Happy First Anniversary to the Love of my Life

Doug, you sing to my soul, unlock my desire and hold my heart.

I love being married to you because you are my first, my last,

my everything. x

If I could catch every

transient thought I have of

You

through every moment of every day,

I’d fill a book of memories,

dreams and hopes,

tinged with lingering regret

that life gets in the way of

savouring each sound

each taste of

You

If this is to be our last dance

our last chance of happiness

It’s worth several lifetimes

of empty existence

that I've known before

You.

For now I'll live in this moment until the day we unite

when your gentle calm spirits me beyond this earthly domain

to a place of peace and painless pleasure

where I am forever with you.

"Last Tango in Paris", March 2009

Our love is like the flame that burns

so bright

flickering and dancing, weaving an

endless thread of fire, branding our

hearts, eternally entwining our

desires and destinies together.

Your love for me is the guiding light,

shining, leading me to an

other-worldly haven,

a sanctuary of solace

for my soul

where cradled in your depths, I find

myself again.

I look at you all, see the love there

that's sleeping

While my guitar gently weeps

I look at the floor and I see it needs

sweeping

Still my guitar gently weeps

I don't know why nobody told you

How to unfold your love

I don't know how someone

controlled you

They bought and sold you

I look at the world and I notice it's

turning

While my guitar gently weeps

With every mistake we must surely

be learning

Still my guitar gently weeps

Well �I don't know how

you were diverted

You were perverted too

I don't know how

you were inverted

No one alerted you

I look at you all,

see the love there that's sleeping

While my guitar gently weeps

Look at you all

Still my guitar gently weeps

I remember the thrill of our first

dance, as you held me in your arms

... it felt like forever had just begun.

My head was spinning, my senses

reeling and my heart on fire. My

soul was alight.

I knew I was in love with you before our first kiss at the Altisidora. I've always loved you.

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing, watch you smile while you are

sleeping, while you're far away and dreaming. I could spend my life in this

sweet surrender, I could stay lost in this moment forever. Where every

moment spent with you is a moment I treasure.

Don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep 'cause I'd miss you,

baby and I don't wanna miss a thing. 'Cause even when I dream of you, the

sweetest dream would never do, I'd still miss you, baby and I don't wanna

miss a thing.

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating and I'm wondering what you're

dreaming, wondering if it's me you're seeing. Then I kiss your eyes and thank

God we're together. I just wanna stay with you in this moment forever,

forever and ever ...

Crave my heart and it's bleeding in your hand. I can't say no to you.