I’ve looked into jewels created by His hands to complement you,

A color of perfection to identify your beauty sprinkled with blue,

Layered crystal with diamond dust collected from heavenly skies,

It’s difficult to describe sapphire encircling the hazel of your eyes,

I am forever tied to your beautiful eyes by the flakes of rust inside,

From might of steel comes rust found from the many nights I cried,

The salt water of tears created oxidation upon the warrior steel,

Sensations unknown before yet it was so deeply that I could feel,

At my feet particles of warriors rust fell to rejoin in earth’s cycle,

Soon to be dust if not collected by Him in this design of recycle,

Somehow I know Our Creator reached forward in time that day,

To collect the oxidized steel known as my rust to form your clay,

‘Twas a day of future past as now I understand the words I’ve known,

Days of future past are so contradictory yet I understand as shown,

In desolation’s hostile environment love struggled to even survive,

From deep in my heart I would find you and dreams kept you alive,

We are bound forever in time not of a vow but love’s eternal light,

From the jungles of life comes us warriors of love willing to fight,

I’ve gazed into your eyes to find fuel and at times from a memory,

A touch of your fingertips or your lips creates tingles of sensory,

Sensory tingles jettison cares beyond my flesh that I may soar high,

Through space and God’s creation I’ve flown as no other man can fly,

A look into your eyes allows me to journey space and time instantly,

My heart takes pause as I project into space losing sight momentarily,

As thoughts of you fuel my flight I find love of your eyes brings speed,

More memories of holding you at sunsets door brings want to proceed,

Through all the powers in space and time my strength has grown extreme,

I project to be at your side then realize as you stand this is not a dream,

Two souls joined as one will feel reciprocal love of unconditional span,

And we flew into the night wrapped within the most joy known to man,

Travelers of love, space and time before and aft, jointly found and lost,

With future and past in existence together we stopped time with cost,

As we exist in halted time our age continues making minutes years,

Over forty years had transpired yet the decades didn’t cancel my fears,

My worth remains the same in my mind and speeding years brought decay,

Yet I’m still a teenager in love with giddiness bursting out in everything I say,

My mind and spirit forever entwined within you with only my mind free,

At last what I sought is found as a new element of love extending of thee,

I use the archaic form of you to emphasize the spans of time in sweet bliss,

We have found or discovered a higher level of love generated by your kiss,

I have a joy shared by none as I gaze into beautiful eyes of distinct creation,

With a sweet smile of reciprocal love I am catapulted into a zone of elation,

As your tender fingers explore my flesh I cross a threshold of ecstasy’s realm,

This is the bliss of love reached by few when sensations of love overwhelm,

Two united as one with free thought, yet to never be freed of the heart shared,

Are soul mates one soul divided to learn unity so both sides can be compared,

From this level of love are securities few understand as a touch says home,

A million miles from nowhere with time being subjective we decide to roam,

The galaxies beyond our own are numerous and solar systems are numerous,

There are more blue marbles across the universe yet non are found like us,

Words alone cannot describe the beauty of orbs layered with crystal clarity,

Sprinkled with flakes of rust then encircled with deep blue to bring intensity,

My idea of the perfect night has occurred sixteen thousand six hundred times,

To say any night with you is perfection although hard to find a word that rhymes,

Tonight my heart will set sail from a look and your smile and I’ll be taken again,

Breath will depart and my heart will take pause with a look, let the night begin.

The end, by Pat for Patti.  I love you my beautiful little girl.