Lifelong Godsend

How do I begin to utter love
Yet beyond what I say
My promise is only as true as what is done

When vows are more than words
But a script whereby I pledge my life
As every day I learn to tell you that you are the one
And how proud I am to call you my wife

To have and yet not to abuse or control
To hold as touch is to the surface
That which the heart is to the soul

An impenetrable embrace unencumbered by circumstances
Made sure by our better days and tried true in the face of the worst
You are the one that my life romances

Through days of night wearied of physical and emotion sickness
To the kinder tides of health
I love and will continue to love and cherish you
Even at the cost of myself
As every moment is a lesson in love's reply
Let my life be the evidence of my love for you
And your soul's beauty be the evidence why

Through prosperous times and in scarcity
Let our hearts be enriched of our bonds
Spoken and set in integrity's stone
To outlive brokenness and breathe beyond
Every whispering lie that threatens to find us alone

I will be yours for always and forever
In the good and through the wreckage of despair
Our love will remain
And when life hurts the most I will be there

To love and to honor you, faithful to the end
Just as you are to me, I pray that I'd be
Worthy of being called your lover and closest friend
Your lifelong counterpart and ever-enduring Godsend...