by-Matthew F. Blowers III

Sitting here with you close to me

no one else passing us by matters

Because you mean the most to me

We found each other amidst the crowds

And we shared gentle conversations

In a room so loud, but I only heard you.

And truth be told we didn't even have

to talk, what we saw in each others

eyes assurred us that we would know

a righteous love.

And now here we are again

in the same place where we met

and became two over thirty years ago.

Still as much in love as then, still knowing

The hunger that drew us to each other,

As we savor an anniversary cocktail.

You were my calming tonic through

some tough times and I blessed you

with many Chardonnay days of

mellow and yet stimulating moments.

So today I toast you and your loveliness

with a hot toddy

In honor of your even hotter body,

and you smile at me with a wink

and a rub of my leg with your foot

to let me know we can drink to each

other with more than our eyes later.

And I bend across the table to savor

your ruby lips that taste of a strawberry

Daquiri and they whet my appetite for

more of such dabbling to come

A night of all of my most favorite things

undressing you eagerly with my eyes

and then addressing what lies beneath.

But for now let us nurse our drinks that

seem a bit on the low side and order a

bit more to enhance the buzz of this moment

in time. Just sitting here with you

With the knowledge that nothing else

matters except your most

precious love