I have often felt
I was to never have
any real purpose until I met you.
No other real purpose
than to go through each day,
repeating the same motions,
as the prior days, months, years.
Never to feel, nor embrace,
the excitement
of falling in love again -
knowing that the other person
is ready, and willing,
to make many lasting memories
together with me, forever.

When you were
brought into my life,
I once again felt happy,
and relieved,
that finally I had
found the last piece -
the last piece of my puzzle
that has eluded me for so long.
The piece that has
often times been so close,
yet so far away;
the piece that I
so have longed for,
to make my puzzle complete.

This piece that you
presented me with,
was not the final piece,
as I had wished for.
Instead, it was the piece
that showed me that happiness
can happen in many
different ways.
It gave me a new outlook,
which I so desperately needed.
For this, which you have given me,
I will always deeply treasure.  

This piece that I still search for,
will one day find me,
when I least expect it.
Maybe instead of searching,
but instead waiting,
is when I will have
what I have always desired.
The last piece of my puzzle -
the one that will fit perfectly;
the same piece that will
finally make my
picture worth framing.

Vicki A. Zinn
2009