God, you looked so beautiful <br />on our wedding day in early July <br />With your hair falling gently over your shoulders <br />dressed in pink and white <br />And the love I felt at that moment <br />was too much to ever hold inside <br /> than you became my wife <br /> <br />It took all we had saved up <br />just to buy that one room house <br />Working day and night <br />to make all of our dreams come true <br /> than came our first born <br /> <br />And oh! on that very special day <br />all the love I could see in your beautiful eyes <br />Spent the rest of that summer <br />building stronger memories and another room <br /> pictures to last a lifetime <br /> <br />Now time moved on for us <br />bringing another child and happier times <br />And all of our dreams were fulfilled <br />as our children grew before our eyes <br /> as our love grew stronger in our hearts <br /> <br />And our eyes saw seasons changing <br />as our children began to move on <br />We've had a lifetime full of love and joy <br />so it was bound that one of us <br /> would go to be with the lord <br /> <br />Pressed between the pages of time <br />the first gift I ever gave to you <br />And it brings back memories of yesterday <br />and a aging silent tear to my eyes <br />I go to sleep tonight <br />thinking of you, my love <br /> <br />Tomorrow will bring the warmth of the sun <br />and our fifty-first anniversary <br />And our children with our grandchildren <br />will stop by to spend the day with me <br />I'll talk of you and that faded rose <br />while I hold back the tears...<br /><br />Daniel Wittfoth<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/that-faded-rose/
