For Kathy

A sonnet for my love

In those moments, when your sweet eyes light up,
when laughter bubbles deep inside your throat,
your smile lies warm, like tea inside a cup.
You are ocean where I would drift and float.
If I begin to drown and flail about,
should ancient fears quick grab and hold my heart,
if I sink slow, my mind a sea of doubt,
then you’d be sail, my compass and my chart,
for I see starlight twinkling in your eyes,
a luminescent moon upon your lips,
I find my surface just above the lies,
your breath of love that time cannot eclipse.
Then still, should all the swirling currents shift,
deep in your love, I find God’s gracious gift.