To see you happy is all that I desire
to wrap the world in ribbons and bows for your unwrapping
that you might smile and know
the world is not the horror show you sometimes think it is.
And this is my blessing:
to dine with you whenever possible in some small cafe
conversing quietly of the day's fastidious events
never surmising tomorrow's fate
may rend us mute
in unexpected sorrow
as a backdrop to our love
Carl Cook