A gift I give to you whose life I share

Although aware that nought could pay my due

Unrivalled joy compels me still to dare

And here unwrap my heart, my soul, for you

No loneliness remains, nor stain of grey,

For beauty now doth reign and I have peace

I dream of you and dreams now rule my day

At night I find all burdens are released

So what is thirty now? The clocks are still;

In tale of years I now count only five

For I recall the moon on Bradgate’s hill

‘Twas with your kiss that I became alive.

But then how can I give what’s not my own?

For into one our loving souls have grown.

Feb 2008