My Dearest

2/3/10  I was asked to write this for a Good friends Grandmother.

                                             My Dearest

My dearest Paula
How I hold you dear
The joy of my life
The light of my world
You are the reason I wake….

My loving Ted is gone.
And I see him when I sleep waiting.
But then I see you,
And you have his eyes,
You are his world, and now your mine.

You are like the sunflower
Soaking the sun rays light
Growing bigger and stronger
With each passing day
You are the reason that I wake…..

So many years we share.
You, me, and your father
Though you lost him young.
He was there in your eye.
You are his princess.

You are as broad as you are tall
You have so much love to give.
And so many who wish to return it
You are beauty in a shell
Just needing to blossom

Though we had are moments.
We were always there
You took me in
And you were forever mine.
You are the reason that I wake.