Today is our 15th Anniversary! Lucky guy I am.

This is for you
What must be said
Simply and often
From my heart and head
You changed my life
You give me a thrill
Each time we kiss
Say you will
Be mine forever
Be kind to me
Forgive my failings
I want to be
Your best man
Every day
Give me your heart
In love all the way

I need you
I love you
Always
Be mine
We’ve made it this far
We’ll go to the finish line
Love me, don’t leave me
Forgive me my sins
I’m trying, really trying
I’ve so much love within
I can show you
Give me a kiss
Now wasn’t that nice?
Complete bliss?

Hold me baby, tell me it will be all right
I’ve been running in circles, I’m uptight
Need a break, some rest and recoup
The pressure is constant
Thank God I’ve got you

There go the years
Our times in the sun
It’s not over yet
More is to come
I’m yours forever
Your companion for fun

So here’s to our past
The present for sure
The future is ours
Our love is secure

Hold me baby, tell me it will be all right
Hold me baby, with all of your might
Thank God I’ve got you each and every night

No two ways about it
There’s only one of us
Two for all the good times
Win place and show
In the winners circle
We always go
The plan is to keep on
All the days and nights
To please each other
We won’t give up the fight
We appreciate our good fortune
We know what to do
Keeping it together
Each day something new

I’ve had good fortune, lovers, and certainly bad luck
I’ve lived a full life and really shouldn’t complain about mistakes I shouldn’t have made
I’m trying to forgive myself, but some stains ever stay
I’m flawed, but not broken
Facing the end of my days
How much longer will I be here?
Am I accomplishing enough?
So much to be proud of
Still, there is shame and disappointment
I shall go on just as life goes on
Trying to be better every day
Doing my best to love
To keep my dear wife happy
It’s enough to make a man pray

Nobody wants a broken heart
Especially me
Broken hearts are for losers
Who wanted to be
In the thrall of it all
Vulnerable
Having a ball
Chasing love
Embracing love
And then it ends
What was infatuation
Became elation
Turns into desperation
Why must that be?
What am I to do
With this emptiness?
What’s to become of me?

I can be alone anywhere
Sauntering down any rue
Taking in the sights
Yes, and missing you

How did this happen?
So I ask myself
Here by my lonesome
While you’re with someone else

Cities are filled with people
All the connections they do have
You and I were once an item
Now I’m Mr. Sad

All by my lonesome
That’s no way to be
You are gone forever
What has happened to me?

I promenade alone
I see lovers grin
That used to be us
Remember when?

John wrote love stories as a writer in a particularly singular voice given that he was particularly single and didn’t want to be
He’s always written great loves for his characters, but there wasn’t one in his life
Kimberlee owned a literary website about romance and picked up one of his books
To her delight, she liked the groove of this romance novel so she friended him on social media
John began to follow her and eventually asked her to read his latest manuscript
Hmmm, the female lead was strikingly similar to Kimberlee
As you know, one thing leads to another and inevitably they met
It took a while, a pandemic intervened
Came the day at the Mexican restaurant where they had first met when a ring was placed on the table
And two hearts did sing