Now that I'm in the afternoon of life
    love is even more a mystery
    than when I tottered first on feet
    and splashed thru puddles I thought deep.
  
    My partner now of forty years, says
    when I was young and first we met
    I was so lonely that it hurt
    to see me walking down the street.
  
    And yes, I am aware
    of warmth and care that wraps me round
    and keeps me steady day to day
    as my balance and my hearing age.
  
   For there’s real affection in this home
   and that is why I cry out loud“I love YOU”
   so all will hear the truth even though
   love remains to me a boundless mystery.