I Want the World to Know

This is not the shortest poem

I have ever written

But since it’s about my wife

I know I am forgiven.

She is really a pearl

This is no pun intended,

Every thing I have broken

She makes sure it is mended.

She should be given a medal

For thirty-seven years with me,

Some of my friends would say

Not one but probably three.

But eat all yuh hearts out

Because I’ve got the best,

Lynette was meant for me

She has withstood every test.

I marvel at her resolve

To have put up this long with me,

Honey thanks for your constitution

Let’s see if we can make fifty.

Happy Anniversary to you

The one I cherish and relish

In all the worlds’ wide oceans

There is a missing fish.

What a catch it has been

These thirty-seven short years!

Thank you "Surprise Package"

For all your love and care.

It doesn’t take rocket science

To know that fish is you,

Happy Anniversary to you my dear

From me and the other two.

Stewart Russell © August 2018

My Surprise Package

 

That day I set my eyes on you

I knew yours was a love that’s true

And after thirty-six wonderful years

I am still glad I said, “I do.”

We are growing young together

Though I am a few years up ahead

And if I ever had to do it over,

You’d be the one that I would wed.

You mean so much to me

A dictionary of words cannot explain

But in this poetic expression

Three words express my heart again.

In this poem they are clearly stated

Even the blind should actually see,

Lynette, it’s you I am talking about,

You’re what love really means to me.

Thirty-six years ago we said, “I do.”

From that day we meant every word,

Perhaps I’ve faltered more than you

But I wouldn’t trade you for the world.

I am not the world’s greatest romantic

It’s not a goal I would ever pursue

But this I know, my surprise package

I’d go to the ends of the world for you.

Today I wish you happy anniversary

And pray to God for fifty more

And that every time you read this poem

You’d see you’re the woman that I adore.

Stewart Russell © August 1, 2017