Wishes
I wish you sunset skies
And golden dreams
Warm fires to cuddle by
Arms and lips
And love enough
To weather the roughest storms
I wish that you should know
When not to speak
And when to say sorry
And where to find the love you hid
For when the winter is harsh
And I wish that you
Should always feel
For each other
The way you do today.
Opher 13.6.97
I wrote this for some friends of mine who were getting married. Marriage is a time of great hope and optimism. With a head full of endorphins we set off down the road to the rest of our lives.
For some it is a journey that ends in separation. As the endorphins evaporate so does the love. We are biologically programmed to stay together for around seven years – long enough to raise children through the dangerous years.
But for many others of us the fading of endorphins in not an end. We develop something different that is based on a different love. We learn to love and cherish each other in a different way. It is not the heady feeling of being ‘in love’ but it is something even more worthwhile. That is what I wished for my friends.