The morning sun shines upon you as if a ceremony of life,

Each morning when I see you I give thanks you are my wife,

Twilight brings pause as I reflect on my day with you,

With each day’s passage I realize I’m closer to my due,

As my time withers to become past tense it is so very true,

I would have no existence or reality without love from you,

To love someone brings another dimension when new found,

Yet half a century of loving you brings daily sensations abound,

Absence of light blanketed by a twinkling sky is our favorite night,

Together we have basked in diamonds of the sky until first light,

As morning chases darkness at horizons edge new light is found,

The beauty of morning angels is highlighted by new light around,

A silhouette of angel is formed with the morning sky background,

I trace each line in my mind as my fingers once did in war’s surround,

There is no change but then angels of morning light are born of this,

Exhaustion has captured my frame but I have need of one more kiss,

As if every ounce of energy I’ve known is within your lips I awaken,

Into the depth of love I leap by a gaze into your eyes yet I am shaken,

Teardrops trace my leathered face as I realize this will soon be taken,

Desperately my mind tries to capture a memory as my heart is broken,

I feel a sob beneath your chest as you’ve read my thought in bond,

Realize my angel that a night with you unseen is still a gift beyond,

Beyond that of a teen fantasizing of love from my angel of dreams,

I will still see the perimeters of morning light and feel sunbeams,

The unseeing may feel moonlight beams unknown to those that see,

I close my eyes to absorb your essence each night as you come to me,

God’s hand can heal my eyes as he touched my heart and hands too,

I pray His touch to land upon my meager eyes that I may still see you,

For you are my hidden treasure that I have survived to behold,

You are my wonder of the heavens or said true my only gold,

Said before I am but rust tied to you by rust found in your eyes,

As daylight fades to darkness so shall it be what my vision denies,

But yet I will treasure those moments for in your hold I am much more,

In darkness we bond, perhaps passion we find at night will arrive as before,

My memory of treasures are mostly of emotion, kisses, and deep desire,

From within my heart came courage to face the enemies wrath so dire,

From the gold in my hold I will seek support to blaze another trail,

As rust fails beyond its last stand I pray gold to support me if I fail,

But know from the courage once known to be mine more is found,

I am the man so desirous of you, what remains wants to be around,

I am forgiven for war’s burdens that tainted my soul for too long,

Forgiving my tormentors last year was so hard for such a wrong,

I am free of heart and clean of spirit at last then this comes along,

With the Angel of Morning Light you will find rust to be very strong,

Though you may lead I am your protector and vow my last breath yours,

My courage can be found to stand at sinister’s door for your love procures,

With your little hand in mine the Angel of Morning Light transforms to be,

To be the Angel of Guiding Light, my guiding light so I may continue to see,

I fear no evil nor shall peril bring cowardliness as courage is in my hand,

Our home is my heaven, your essence is my nourishment to stand,

Place tender a kiss upon my lips and forward I shall go into the murk,

Into the darkness of daylight I shall wander fearing not what may lurk,

An artist’s attempt to depict your beauty fell short once not long ago,

He said to me it’s impossible for a painting to depict an angel’s glow,

The Angel of Light has been here all along and I celebrate it now,

Although I love everything you and of you, I missed that part somehow.

The end, for Patti by Pat

Thank you baby, I love you so very much and I thank you.

We will get through this.