I look on with respect and admiration as you take charge of Your life, your destiny.
I see and understand the excitement and the fear
You are experiencing, and I delight in your freedom
As you find your way.

I am also taking charge of
My life, my destiny.
I, too, am experiencing excitement and fear
And I cherish the freedom that I have as I go my way.

My greatest joy is looking by my side and finding that,
By God’s grace and our choice, your way and my way is
Our way.

May our way be always
A way of mutual respect and admiration,
A path of unconditional love and abiding trust,
A road that winds through a joyous lifetime,
And a journey that endures throughout eternity.

©1998 Michael S. Davis

Touching the essence of your smile with mine;
While drunk with the sense of belonging,
I trace with my tongue your lips of fine wine
And my heart pounds with additional longing.
Softness and passion awake in my soul
As our lips slowly mold to each other.
You warm everything that’s ever been cold
As my heart snuggles under your cover.
Our tongues dance a dance of trust and of love,
As we taste the sweet nectar of truth.
Sweet peace flutters over us like a white dove,
And we neither have something to prove.
How can you fill me with such delights.
With just a slight touch of your skin.
I look in your eyes, whose passion invites,
Then touch your sweet lips once again.

©1999 Michael S. Davis

(A Daddy's Reflection)

You're my pretty girl,
all smiles with dimples and your hair a curl.
Then I turn around and,
just like that,
some fella's standing on the front door mat.
My little girl looks all grown up
and a little too **** in that hair and makeup.
She fills me with pride
and not just her looks,
she's sweet and kind and a wiz with the books.
But most of all,
I hold her in esteem because she has a good heart
and Christ is her King.
So, I smile, giver her a hug,
look him in his eye;
then say a quiet prayer and kiss her goodbye.

©1997 Michael S. Davis