One Year

My Dear, this year
Has made its way
To memory's embrace
Time soars by
Whilst by your side
At such a pleasant pace

You are to me a sparkling stream
Meandering through barren land
A lamp within a shadowed room
A soothing wave o'er desert sand

In waking dream I see a day
When you and I together dwell
No more for each a different way
With bittersweet farewells

There is a voice in both our ears
At times so deafening loud
It tells us we should disappear
Or find some other route

But you and I, we know the truth
That is not how our story ends
And when one falls, the other calls
With words to spur us on again

I know we both are better folk
Than who we were last year
Oh what a joy it's been to grow
With one so sweet, my Dear!

If I could not hold your hand again
The world would seem so blue
For every moment turns to gold
When it is spent with you!