Who? Rae!
© 6/17/1998

I offer a word of thanks
for:
A Rae of Light
A Rae of Hope
A Rae of Sunshine
               in my life.

And a word of joy...
Hurray! Hip - hip...
Hurray!
Three cheers for the 3 letters that changed my life:

R a e
Y o u...
You rock.
You rock my world!
I miss you so,
I love you so,
You take me down...
deep
into myself:
A self I never would have known
Breathing down roots
                          in fertile soil
                          of emotion
                          and stillness
Roots...
enough to gather myself
to reach
the sky,
to reach out
to you,
to reach
for more
of your love.

Sweet love.
Tender love.
Gentle love.
Kind love.
The kind of love we share
is not for timid hearts.
Burning love.
Passionate love.
Self-less love.
Giving love.
Oh! heart of my heart.
Twin soul.
Hear my song -

For...
for you
I fly
for you
I deepen
and I soar
I reach out to hold you
and pull you to myself.
We are one
One flesh
One life
One love.
Always.
Forever.
Without end.
Until eternity

Marry me, sweet love of my life.
Be with me as long as we both shall live.
Stand beside me.
Walk with me.
Run and play in my loving gaze.
Drink of my love.
Drink deeply, never looking back...
for there is so much ahead to be cherished
         each moment
                 a gem
         every glance
                 a ripe fruit to be plucked
         at each turn
                 new found wonders
                          we explore
                 this vastness
         of our love

You are my twin heart
Soul mate
Perfect lover
My mate
Equal
Heavenly match
without question
without fear
without hesitation
          I love
          only you.

What shall I do with my life
but give it to you
live it with you
work with you
play with you
spend every day with you
You are my reason
           Let me be your cause
As we turn with the seasons
           Without question or pause
Maturing together
          Let our motto be
�Whatever the weather
          If on land or by sea
Our hearts are our tether
          Between you and me
Uniting us always
          And setting us free
As we walk in His ways
          Who led us to be.�

No natural power
          Can keep us apart
We knew that first hour
          We knew from the start.

I love
how:
We could talk for hours
Make love for days
gaze forever
           all with the taste of heaven on our lips.

So now
as I drift off to sleep
perchance to dream sweet dreams of you
I offer you
my sweet Rae
a kiss
blown softly to your sweet lips
across the miles
over the mountains
beyond the seas, the stars, the heavens
to reach you
sweet Rae
across all time
to you...
within your mother�s womb
back to your private room,
upon your papa�s knee,
when you were one, and two and three
to yesterdays and yesteryears
right up to now and future spheres
beyond the end, beyond the room
that�s only this life�s body�s tomb
into your life in God�s own house
          I weave this kiss
          So gently sewn
          Like warp on woof
          Into your own
Into your life in God�s own home
           I gently send
          This sweet caress
           All ills to mend
           All good to bless
Into your life in God�s own world
           I tender care
           for all you are
           and what shall be
           a shining star
Into your life in God�s own sight
           I give my love
           with all my might
           A gentle dove
           That doth alight
           A burning flame
           That clears the sight
           And steers the mind
           To come �round right
           Through every kind
           of mist in spite.

And last a word
of grateful care
I speak to my Lord
I know is there
For of this Grace,
Which Rae is mine,
Eternal thanks with thee I place
for lending me that which is thine.