~My Beloved~

Beloved partner, keeper of my heart's odd secrets,
clothed in summer blossoms so the icy hand of winter
never touches us, I thank your patience.
Our journey is like a tree to earth,
a cloud to sky, even more.
We are the reason the world can laugh
on its battlefields, and rise from
the ashes of its selfishness to hear me say,
In this time, this place, this way,
I loved you best of all.

~Nancy Wood