There's always a rainbow after the rain,
There's always sunshine when the clouds go away.
Always a sunrise after the dark,
Always a way to mend a broken heart.
As babies, every step is scary and unsure,
But please know my heart is faithful and pure.
I know I have hurt you, and you have hurt me,
But working together harder than ever, we'll see.
That our future together doesn't have to be like our past,
And our beginnings and middles don't have to be like our lasts.
I envision a dream of us happy as can be,
And we know this dream won't come true for free.
We'll work 'til our blood and sweat become one,
And even then we'll know our journey is hardly done.
Love outlasts every pain, every weakness, every shame
And it bonds us together deeper than just having the same name.
Every word I speak, I want it to scream 'love' to you.
But if ever I fail, please remember, you've failed too.
We both have done wrong and caused each other's pain,
But no more can we do this, the answer is plain:
"LOVE"; and let us love deeper and more
And then our bond will begin and end at our core.
No longer can fear, sadness and anger prevail,
Let's look to the sunrise and open our sails.
Someday down the road, when we are old and gray,
And all our children have grown and moved away,
We'll sit on a porch holding hands, sipping tea.
We'll know how our work and our bond and our love set us free.
Every day is a new beginning, but the night is not the end.
With every tick the clock ticks, we can be stronger friends.
With every heartbeat, and every breathe,
In each other's arms we will find true rest.
Someday we'll look back at these times
And know that this poem wasn't just a babble of rhymes,
But gave us a guide, and the dream, and the hope
To keep all the promises apart we broke.
I can't promise the road will always be happy and smooth,
But if we walk it together, oh, the mountains we'll move!
They say, "Love conquers all," and it does and it will.
I will love you through all the deep valleys and above the highest hills.
If you love me like that, then nothing else matters,
And our love will out-roar all the outside clatter.

I LOVE YOU LIKE NO OTHER

--I wrote this to my wife a couple weeks after I found out about her affair. I know it may not fit everyone, but in some form or another, LOVE fits us all.

<small>[ November 05, 2002, 09:18 PM: Message edited by: B. Stoops ]</small>