Memories Along One Year's Journey
by Michael Romani

Before there was a known you
I spent my time floating about
Never knowing quite what to do
A lot I did caused a lot of doubt
Mostly, I wanted to be meaningful
And yet, mostly - acted like a fool
Being misguided into thinking I was cool
Time after time being taken to school

Then suddenly, there was a very beautiful you
From that day, you appeared and I stumbled across word
Words on a page that there on the Water Stage grew
Into a love that captivated my mind and somehow blurred
In a quick succession of eagerly spent moments and days
With your beautiful soul always held in my gaze
Almost inseparable from that moment that you said hello
Telling me you enjoyed my reading and I felt that glow

No matter the colors you wear, you are my living poetry
The muse of my inner heart and the very best of we
You said that I fell in love too quick and we should go slow
It took me less than a minute to know and I mean really know
That it was more than a heart trick lost inside heated rhyme
To be without you as my forever seemed like some kind of crime
Within weeks you felt the same and became the poet's wife
And now that's what I what I live for, you are the rest of my life

They tell me this year is paper and that suits me just fine
Because it was words on paper that brought you to be mine
Thank you so much for this beautiful journey of sharing love
When I look into your eyes, I am certain I see God above
A beautiful dancer whose greatest dance lives inside my heart
Embraced in these feelings as we have been from the very start
Even when I stumble and feel like I could crumble, you're never far
Giving me direction, love and guidance like my North Star

Whether we are sitting somewhere listening or talking
Or out taking photographs, hand in hand walking
You have brought so much beauty to our sweet journey
It is almost pointless to try to count how much you mean to me
How do you count something like this, so very priceless
Filled with encouragement, magic and the day to day kindness
I want to take this moment and thank you for being my best friend
The one on whom I can depend and know will be here until my end

Please dance with me forever, until the ends of time
Being the very nuance of my every clever, simple rhyme
Showing me the ways of love there in your gentle embrace
Written there in your eyes and the smile you keep on my face
You tell me you're my diva while showering me with love
Giving me every reason to praise our Lord and God above
It is how you put up with me and my wordiness that I'm not sure
The only certainty being I wish so much for our love to endure

Our love is a love that feels as though it is timeless
Absolutely immortal and filled with lace and fineness
Walk with me forever and always; not just for today
Touch me and teach me how to be your better man in my ways
In return, as I have already done, I will give you all of me.
Self-pledged to true-heart-ways for all of the rest of eternity
This is the vow that I renew each moment of our every day
To give you the best of my love in each and every way

(c) May 28, 2017  Michael Romani
All Rights Reserved

Please don’t be confused with the fact that I previously celebrated on here the one year anniversary date of when Ally and I met.  Every day and every moment of each day, I celebrate our time together.  Perhaps this might be seen as a bit of ‘overkill’.

Or, perhaps, having nearly died a few years back, I realize how much of this life is really beyond our control and want to make sure that I say those things that I would regret never saying if I should wake up in ICU again and this time lose.  I am in remission now.  Hopefully, that’s how it stays.  But, I always know that I hadn’t a clue that I was ill until the day I almost was not any more.  And remain forever humbled and grateful to God that I get this other chance to watch my girls grow up and maybe get love right.

On this day, one year ago, my beloved and I married in a place that is both real and surreal in that virtual reality platform and grid called Second Life.  If I have my way, this will transform into mostly reality with a little of our time spend there still so that she can continue to choreograph her dances.  She has been my lover, my lady, my wife and my best friend.  I thank God for that every moment of every day. And . I wanted her to know how thankful I am that Ally has graced my life with so much beauty and love.  I hope that’s good with everyone.  Mostly, because I will always say and do things like this.  That you can bank on…