My mind won't stop, my heartbeat fast
just heard your voice again.
Regrets I have of times gone past
for all what might have been!

For 30 years we've been best friends
grow stronger day by day
I realized quick you'd stand by me
and be right there to stay!

You've shown me how to love someone
with actions and your deeds.
You've always stooped to help me up
at times I'd been in need!

Oh yes, you've made it ******* me,
to find someone like you-
See what I mean, I'm still alone
can't find someone so true!

So as we both turn 39
I hope you'll think on this
I never dreamed we'd be this close,
full 30 years of bliss!

I know I failed, yes missed my mark,
to make you my own girl;
Yet though I did, you'll always be
my one best friend, My precious pearl!

Thank you for crying
for being who you are
for continually trying
to understand who other people are

In those tears is empathy
that's the kind of man you try to be

Others should be like you
looking for the world in a sea of blue
trying to understand things they don't know
so that one day they'll be able to grow

seems that time is a silhouette birthed from commodity
the clock paints me into sands that turn glass
the heat is too much on most days
and I melt under the pressure
and I break continuously
into pieces
fleeting
grains
of
sand
marking
my words and counting
all of my minutes until nothing
is something once again and I see the light
and bask in all of it's glory as it mocks my progress
and the clock is turned around, I have run out of time it seems.