For You

For all those sunny years we’ve spent together For all the clouds that drifted in between For all the paradise we might have seen For ships of hope that wrecked in stormy weather For all the love we made on scented heather For all the words and fights that haven’t been For all the daily deadening routine For heavy times we lifted like a feather You’re nice and wise and good and cute and clever The very best that happened in my life No way I’m going to leave you lonely, never Your way to fortune is my only drive So here’s this poem for you, to last forever Now let me think of something for my wife