Another Year Older...

Once you arrived

You made my life attached, for good,

to that which I love

for which I feel completely responsible

and yet cannot really control

I learned what it means to sacrifice

and it wasn't easy for me

to give my body, my whole self

a flesh naturally inclined toward self-comfort

and ease

-but I was happy to do it-

because you were amazing to behold

a wonder which I could call, "My Own"

And still, as I look on

You,  needing me a little less each year

(While I, ever fixed to you)

I am still amazed

You are a wonder

a gift

and true joy

to my soul.