Verse 1
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Has it been that long
here I thought
we'd just begun
to know and understand.
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Verse 2
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Yet over the years
and mixed both our tears
this rose of our love
has blossomed beyond
anything we thought
humanly possible
or being capable of.
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Verse 3
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I hold your hand
in mine and look
deep within your
familiar eyes
with the slight
sparkle there;
hidden from others,
just for me see.
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Verse 4
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I smile within
as I think of the strength
you've been to make
a frail dependent me
into a confident sure
one with you.
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Verse 5
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We've petals spread
on the ground
for all the world
to feel and know
they came from
you and me.
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Verse 6
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Thus the journey
has been short
and long, but fun
for your love of me
has surpassed all
the blessing promised
by my Heavenly Father
when with a smile
he sent me on my way,
saying, 'A twinkling
of the eye if you are
but worthy and love
will come your way;
and you'll return to Me.'
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