...a touch of shine

After more than nine years of living together, my wife wanted me to write something for her. The way I used to, during our days of courtship. Though I wanted to tell her that everyday was a poem, I curbed my instinct. For she would never have believed me. So I decided to write one, inspite of the difficulty it posed…

I kept the chaos and din at bay.
To pen a few lines sweet,
for someone who is,
quite near to my heart.
But, all I could write,
for my sweetheart,
were these old, and
often quoted lines,
“I love you with all my heart.”