Such Gifts As She Gives (Poem)

She sleeps beside me,

Moving in tune with her dreams.

I rest my hand on her side and wonder

If she knows how with each breath,

She measures my world?

Before she came into my life I had no heart,

only an empty space filled with a few jagged memories.

With her arrived love,

And I stare into her eyes with wonder and awe.

Every day we toss the heart that she brought

Back and forth in the air with joy.

I’ve come to know

That it is not mine but one shared.

Our time together is precious indeed,

And I want to cradle each hour close.

Instead I hold these moments with an open hand,

A lesson she has taught.

In such acceptance of time’s flight,

Eternity rests.