FULFILLMENT

 

        

THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IS TO ALWAYS BE ALONE...

TO NEVER KNOW THE JOY THAT COMES OF HAVING FOR YOUR OWN

A LOVE INTENSE, FULFILLING, SO BURNING LIKE A FLAME

ALL OTHERS ARE FORGOTTEN ‑— - REMEMBER WHAT'S‑HIS‑NAME?

 

THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN IS TO HAVE FOR ALL YOUR LIFE

A HUSBAND YOU CAN CLING TO, OR AN EVER LOVING WIFE,

TO SHARE WITH YOU THE YOUNG YEARS, THE LEAN TIMES TO ENDURE,

AND REAP THE GOLDEN HARVEST THAT THE HARD WORK WILL ENSURE.

 

HOW GLAD I AM TO BE WITH YOU, TO WAKE UP VERY DAY

AND KNOW THAT IN REMAINING YEARS I EVER MORE WILL SAY

"THIS IS MY LOVE, MY ONLY ONE.  I CHERISH AND EMBRACE.

NO OTHER LIPS SHALL TEMPT ME, NO ONE CAN TAKE HER PLACE."

 

SO BIDE WITH ME A LITTLE WHILE ‑ LIKE FORTY YEARS OR MORE;

I CANNOT PROMISE RICHES, BUT WE NEVER WILL BE POOR.

THE LOVE WE SHARE IS WEALTH ABOVE ALL MONEY LIFE MAY GIVE ‑

AND WE SHALL SPEND IT JOYOUSLY AS LONG AS WE SHALL LIVE.

 

Mickey Basden

May 23, 1999