For my wife...

I poem I wrote recently for my beautiful wife, Melissa:

"Ode to a Wild Rose"

Do you realize that your beauty captivates me?

I will never leave.

Do you know that I see how fragile are your petals?

I will hold you delicately.

Do you have thorns because you fear?

I won’t let them scare me.

Do you blossom easily?

I know that you are wild.

Resilient…

Cherished above all others…

…For there is no one more ferocious and wonderfully gracious than you.