We went to see Patch Adams and we loved it when Patch started quoting this poem to his beloved. I found it printed it and framed it for my husband - that was probably 8 years ago...
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way
because I don't know any other way of loving
but this, in which there is no I nor you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep
it is your eyes that close.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
True Love by Helen Steiner Rice
Another Valentine Card From a Few Years Ago...
True love is a sacred flame
That burns eternally,
And none can dim its special glow
Or change its destiny.
True love speaks in tender tones
And hears with gentle ear,
True love gives with open heart
And true love conquers fear.
True love makes no harsh demands
It neither rules nor binds,
And true love holds with gentle hands
The hearts that it entwines.
The ‘true love’ you have always shown to our boys and me has made all our lives wonderful. I love you very very much.
True love is a sacred flame
That burns eternally,
And none can dim its special glow
Or change its destiny.
True love speaks in tender tones
And hears with gentle ear,
True love gives with open heart
And true love conquers fear.
True love makes no harsh demands
It neither rules nor binds,
And true love holds with gentle hands
The hearts that it entwines.
The ‘true love’ you have always shown to our boys and me has made all our lives wonderful. I love you very very much.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Love Is...
Love is
being happy for the other person
when they are happy
being sad for the person
when they are sad
being together in good times
and being together in bad times
Love is the source of strength
Love is
being honest with yourself at all times
being honest with the other person at all times
telling, listening, respecting the truth
and never pretending
Love is the source of reality
Love is
an understanding so complete that
you feel as if you are a part
of the other person
accepting the other person
just the way they are
and not trying to change them
to be something else
Love is the source of unity
Love is
the freedom to pursue your own desires
while sharing your experiences
with the other person
the growth of one individual alongside of
and together with the growth
of another individual
Love is the source of success
Love is
the excitement of planning things together
the excitement of doing things together
Love is the source of the future
Love is
the fury of the storm
the calm in the rainbow
Love is the source of passion
Love is
giving and taking in a daily situation
being patient with each other's
needs and desires
Love is the source of sharing
Love is
knowing that the other person
will always be with you
regardless of what happens
missing the other person when they are away
but remaining near in heart at all times
Love is the source of security
Love is the source of life
by Susan Polis Shutz
When you have been married to someone you love for over 3.5 decades, this poem is more true than when you were newlyweds...
being happy for the other person
when they are happy
being sad for the person
when they are sad
being together in good times
and being together in bad times
Love is the source of strength
Love is
being honest with yourself at all times
being honest with the other person at all times
telling, listening, respecting the truth
and never pretending
Love is the source of reality
Love is
an understanding so complete that
you feel as if you are a part
of the other person
accepting the other person
just the way they are
and not trying to change them
to be something else
Love is the source of unity
Love is
the freedom to pursue your own desires
while sharing your experiences
with the other person
the growth of one individual alongside of
and together with the growth
of another individual
Love is the source of success
Love is
the excitement of planning things together
the excitement of doing things together
Love is the source of the future
Love is
the fury of the storm
the calm in the rainbow
Love is the source of passion
Love is
giving and taking in a daily situation
being patient with each other's
needs and desires
Love is the source of sharing
Love is
knowing that the other person
will always be with you
regardless of what happens
missing the other person when they are away
but remaining near in heart at all times
Love is the source of security
Love is the source of life
by Susan Polis Shutz
When you have been married to someone you love for over 3.5 decades, this poem is more true than when you were newlyweds...
A Valentine Card I Once Made For My Husband
"When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing" [Rumi]
This is how I have
felt since I met you.
My Wonderful Husband...
I can’t begin to tell you how much I love you and how thankful I am for you. You are so wonderful to me. I appreciate your tender care of me - it makes me want to take better care of myself and I cannot wait until I can take care of you.
My life with you is so amazing, exciting and beautiful. I look so forward to our future... our new house, more grandchildren, great golf trips, visits to foreign countries (where you can pretend to speak their language) and just hanging out together.
I love your tenderness, your sense of humor, your generosity, your stamina, your warmth, your gentleness, your integrity, your patience, your fairness and your strength. Thank you for letting me be me and for loving me as I am. You always make me feel so loved and so important.
You are truly the best husband, father, lover, business partner and nurse anyone could ever ask for. I will love you always and forever.
This is how I have
felt since I met you.
My Wonderful Husband...
I can’t begin to tell you how much I love you and how thankful I am for you. You are so wonderful to me. I appreciate your tender care of me - it makes me want to take better care of myself and I cannot wait until I can take care of you.
My life with you is so amazing, exciting and beautiful. I look so forward to our future... our new house, more grandchildren, great golf trips, visits to foreign countries (where you can pretend to speak their language) and just hanging out together.
I love your tenderness, your sense of humor, your generosity, your stamina, your warmth, your gentleness, your integrity, your patience, your fairness and your strength. Thank you for letting me be me and for loving me as I am. You always make me feel so loved and so important.
You are truly the best husband, father, lover, business partner and nurse anyone could ever ask for. I will love you always and forever.
i carry your heart with me
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear no fate(for you are my fate, my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
by e.e. cummings
From Wikipedia
Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e. e. cummings (in the style of his poems), was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as a preeminent voice of 20th century poetry, as well as one of the most popular.
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear no fate(for you are my fate, my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
by e.e. cummings
From Wikipedia
Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e. e. cummings (in the style of his poems), was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as a preeminent voice of 20th century poetry, as well as one of the most popular.
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