Life is the years between
The most significant events
Birth, your beginning
Death, your ending
But the stories are between

What competes with the two?
The encompassing emotion
Describes and combining them all
Launching ships, leading men
To live and die for

It makes both such trivial matters
Like life or death, pale before it
Such is love, such is life
A story of two made one
It's the heartbeat made crazy

Her kiss, soft on the lips
Her smile, just as soft
A sparkle in her eye
When she grabs you
And pulls you close

The warmth she feels
Safety in your arms
Great protector, everything
And giving that much more
Than ever, never alone

Stroking her hair,
Running gentle hands
Along her body
And her heat against yours
To give and be life

Between those moments
Of birth and death
Writing the story
That defines life
Making it alive