To Arl

I just want to say I love you So the whole world may know That time has proven us true For where now is doubt like snow Melted and gone, where is dark pain In the passion of the rain Flowers grow, we bud again In God's hand, no truth is vain Half the world and all my life Have scattered us apart, yet And we threshed by storms and strife Had one light guiding our breath Beyond the rocks, and here I Am to say I love you more Than yesterday, nor sigh I Again on your golden shore