Marriage - Sacred

By LinnieJane Burks

My Beloved, My Life, My Own!
Long have I foresaw,
     planned yea, even prayed that God
     in wisdom and gracious love might
     grant me this.

My Beloved, My Life, My Own!
How little others knew of the warm
     and tender beating of my heart--
     love's tempo--when thoughts of
     you were winging thru' my mind!

My Beloved, My Life, My Own!
Can it be true? My fondest dream a dear
     reality? The object of my years of adoration
     mine? Can it be true?

My Beloved, My Life, My Own!
True? yes! True now and forever
     more. I know it as I hear you
     speak, "I love you, my wife."

©Forever More Linnie Jane Joslin Burks