Sidewalks

Sidewalks We walked along the sidewalks that paralleled the beach, the ocean roaring in the distance just beyond the soft sands, an echo of all the waves that have ever touched the shore, beating the land with a living vibration... of sound. We slowed our pace, and then stopped. We were quiet together, in awe... of the moment, that was at hand. I looked into your eyes and knew I was lost forever. Only through loving you, could I, can I, ever hope to be found. I want you, I need you... Please, be my wife. Change my entire life with your sweet answer in only a moment, with only one word, to be heard... repeated again and again in my heart, in my soul, in my memory... from this day until the last. Our lot in life is now cast, but not in clay or iron, or even brass, but gold, inlaid in ivory fast. Walk with me, not ahead of me... or behind. Walk with me all the way from here until the end of time. From this day forward... We will be as one, in the morning sun, long past the evening prayer through the storms of life both beautiful and sometimes unfair. We will also dance together every night... until the very last light and then I will ask you again in a soft whisper... to be my wife. And then I will sigh and say... "You are the most beautiful woman in every way... there can be, that I can see. I love you... Love, me"