Thirteen years ago

Among many witnesses

We stood and committed to each other

All I heard as we prepared for that day was

Love Fades

He will show his true colors

What if, what if, what if?

I wish they knew

What I know now

That what fades is not love

They should have said

Fantasy fades

Pretense fades

Illusions fade

But love remains

For love covers a multitude of sins

Love does not keep an inventory of wrongs

In fact love rights all the wrongs

Thirteen years on

I still miss you when you are gone

I close my eyes

I imagine my future and

Your silhouette I see

I loved you when I hardly knew you

I know you know

With all your flaws and strengths

And I love you more

I love the little big things that you do for me

Your constant assurance that I matter

Your love for your children

And the fact that I can always count on you

My love

I can openly declare

That whatever you do

My love for you will never fade.