Walking Together

Tell me a song that touches your heart
and I'll sing it to you as you close your eyes.
Point out a place you've wanted to see
and we'll fly with joy through cloudless skies,
for I want only in my earthly life
to bring you joy, my beloved wife,
to see the laughter in your sparkling eyes,
to hear you speak my name.

Six decades ago we joined our hands,
so young, uncertain, and yet not afraid
to walk side by side in a journey of love,
trusting in all the choices we made,
believing that we could face the unknown
no matter what challenges we were shown
and find strength to handle any card played,
in even the toughest times.

Look back with me, Love, and see, as I do,
the Mystery that has played such a crucial role
as the years have come with garlands and grief
exacting a cost and a heavier toll
than we ever imagined that lovely June day
when we knelt at the altar and heard a voice say:
"Your vows are sacred...Till death do you part.
Live always in selfless love."

But it must be said in grateful response
to the generous God who has been our light,
great joys have blossomed along the way
and we have been blessed both day and night,
upheld and sustained through all these years
blessed in our joy, consoled in our fears.
We walk these days by faith, not by sight
along The Way that never ends.