Genuine Love: The Anniversary Poem

Two years. Two lives. One cord jointly lacing.

Seaming together one constant love from simple souls,

Tenderly the needle of devotion threads strong.

We are the pieces of a well-crafted puzzle

Designed and fit to a seamless, locking match.

Deeper than any and truer than all,

Yours is the heart of a genuine love.

Sweetly, honestly, and with no unkind desire

That heart pursues valor and spurs me to virtue.

Grateful. Inspired. You tame the wild in me

And stronger, wiser, encourage me to be.

When life greets us each morning with a kiss & butterfly,

We will dance in the joy that’s been given.

And when angry rolls those thunderheads of trouble,

Our thrice-entwined love stands a pillar.

With awed, honored traces of tears in my eyes,

My heart bursts forth unrestrained.

“How is it that I, undeserving of such,

Am blessed by a God so divine?”

My heart. My love. My undeservéd gift.

-K.B.

And here is the comical, writer's block version for those interested to see the poem before it became a real poem: 

With every fiber of my being, I sat down to write a verse.
I wanted to explain my heart with eloquented words.
But as I went to write, all ideas in my head,
I bumped and bumbled scribbily and couldn’t make them bend.
Tenderly, I wanted to describe to you this needle of devotion
That over these two lovely years has sewn us with one motion.
To our two hearts I’d compare two reams of fabric that
Through that blessed needle have become one single flat.
Two puzzle pieces also were two symbols that I loved.
They fit together perfectly, designed by God above.
I wanted just to compliment your genuine, sweet heart
That keeps me from my crazy and deals with my brain farts. 
But as I said, I went to write and words fought me away.
They must have known that you, my love, don’t need a lavish say.
So simple, sweet, adoring words are what I bring today
In the form of this your anniversary card - hurray!