On My Husband’s 36th Birthday

Your love carries me

Through deepest grief

Through brightest joy

Its constancy my North Star

A throughline across life ever changing

How did you recognize me through the bright blush of youth?

How did you see in me what I never could?

How did you lift me from a pit of despair over, and over, and over

never knowing if this was the time I’d finally stay with you in the sun?

Every breath in your presence is comfort

Every embrace is ease

Every kiss is home

If all I ever know is growing old by your side

Carried by your love

It will be the most beautiful ride.