summer flowers 
fields of envy 
days of worry 
time for healing

love so boundless 
spreading over: 
worth the effort, 
and worth the wait

the colors spread 
and we were free: 
the flying times 
for you and me

work together, 
and build a life: 
play together, 
and build a love

the sunshine brings 
its energy: 
the rain, though, brings 
our needed growth

a painted hurt 
a written joy 
creative ways 
to say and cope 

losing those loved, 
saying goodbye -- 
family means 
both joy and ache

as we traveled, 
we found new light 
in lands then strange 
to cloistered eyes 

in real delight, 
this amazing 
flowing moment 
here together