Sonnet

Because You Love Me

I Can Look With Quiet Faith

Beyond Life's Lightning Flash

And Thunder Roll

And Glimpse The Rainbow Arch

Like Some Angelic Wraith

While Impatient Years Exact Demanding Toll

Because You Love Me

My Soul Can Soar With Eagle Wings

Above My Crowding Failures

And Disenchanting Deed

Explore Beyond Life's Sunset

Where The Heavenly Choir Sings

Climb Nobly To The Summit

Where Love Alone Can Lead

Because You Love Me

You May Still Perchance Forgive

Young Love's Towering Expectations

Laid Now To Rest

Those Unfulfilled Dreams

Which Somehow Still Must Live

Cloistered Beneath The Portals

Of A Matron Breast

Because You Love Me

Milestones Are Like Jewels Fair

Priceless Treasures

From God's Sacred Vault Of Time

I Thank You For The Beauty

And Meaning In The Life We Share

And Praise God For The Blessing

Of This Love Sublime