Tell me, who else can...
     Bring me sunshine on a cloudy day
     and in dormant Winter -  flowers...
     Hug me safe and warm when I'm not near
     Play me songs to make me dream for hours?

Tell me, who else can...
     Lend a shoulder when I’m feeling blue
     Let me rely on down the years
     Hold me in her life so safe and true
     Kiss away the sadness of my tears
    
Tell me, who else can...
     Listen to your words when you put me in my place
     Reveal to me the truths of her dear heart
     Simply be the kind of person I was looking for
     Show me I can be the best good man she’ll ever find.
    
Tell me, Who else can?     Only You.

TOBIAS

In your
Ballad of
Reading Gaol
you wrote
everything
on  pages
of sorrow,
love,
rage,
insights,
compassion.

I truly believe
your poetry
set you free
of the
tormenting
jailers and
your Muse
Erato turned
the keys
that opened
your cage.

TOBIAS.

In your childhood
I saw You formed
as fragrant flowers:
while sun showers
fell on your growth
to natural beauty.

Gently as You bloomed,
I placed daisy-light
kisses of sweet love
on your chaste petals.
On your first birthday
an acorn - I planted.

Now in a mythical
Garden of Memories
I carve into the mature
towering oak tree bark
clean fresh stanzas
of unforgettable words,
That tell You truly:
Never Doubt
You Are Loved.

I lift my proud hands
as if to reach the sky
and bring down
showers of stars
for they ever shine
so bright, so clear
Just like You do.

TOBIAS

Memories are golden
that is really true:
those I never sought,
I only wanted you.

For years I cared for you,
the countless times I cried.
If love alone could cure you
you never would have died.

In life I loved you dearly,
In death I love you still.
In my heart - a space you fill
no other pet can - nor ever will.

If tears could trace a roadway
and heartache guide my feet,
I’d ***** the steps to feline heaven
and  bring you down to earth again.

Now a chain is broken,
nothing seems the same.
But all in Fate’s  good time
the chain will link us once again.

TOBIAS

Your smile gives the warmth of sunshine:
I see In thine eyes  moonlight’s glow.
Serenity surrounds your graceful ways
here, and wherever you come or go.

The gentle breeze of Springtime
whispers thy name into the air,
while  colours of the seasons
shine reflected in thine hair.

You: the woman I shape with words:
with thee as the subject matter
no amount of poetry nor prose
could ever suffice in language.

The past is thy tutor. The present
pure nature of thine. The future is
faith in our troth. Eternal Woman.
Thou.

TOBIAS

How easy it is for me to say: -
Have the best of days -:
to wish you a day full
of goodness is far
from nearly enough.

I want your every day
to be filled with happiness.
I want you to feel how
much I love you every minute
of every new day - for always.

I want to always be there for you.
to help you be strong, yet kind.
You teach me by example,
helping me to become
the kinder  person I aspire to be.

You are a perfect example of a mother:
to your beautiful daughter - to me as well.
Thank you for being the mother you are.
Thank you for being my Strength:
my Way, my Light, my Lover.
I love You.

TOBIAS

War is pointless:
once you truly
accept no life is
less important
than your own.

TOBIAS