Forty Years Ago In August

Share your love and spare no moment to inject care Into the marriage you initiate and create I’ll grant you happiness and play fair As you and I appreciate and celebrate Decades of love in August you’ve given me Unstintingly through thick and thin Although I haven’t always been the ideal you wish I could be To love, to hold, to mean The world, the safety, the comfort, the support You expect me to field, to yield, to wield Understanding in every aspect I report in the port You and I vowed in August to build To honour your dignity Your commitment and dare to withstand distraction To buttress humility, nobility and sanity In action, affection and veer away from action from external attraction While keeping my eyes on the bigger picture Scintillating in years of bliss Developed, enveloped and evolved into the culture I ought to promote into a matrimonial art, at least As August supports and reports indelible memories Built on solid ground In real times with sumptuous stories To share love, declare our ship fit for purpose all around For God designed for you and I a home Four decades ago In Monze, not in Vienna, Venice or Rome A delicious, precious home that for all the tea in China we can’t forgo.