Happy Anniversary

I re-post this poem each year on our wedding anniversary.
This beautiful woman will have  put up with this cantankerous old cowboy for 50 years on March 29th. She deserves a medal, but I hope this poem will do.



I Have Not Forgotten

I have not forgotten, the first time I saw you

As you glided softly into your chair

How your smile overtook the lighted room                                            

And your eyes seized all the air


I have not forgotten, when I held your hand                                                       

And felt the spark of your fingertips

Or the dizzying taste of sparkling wine

In the kiss that fell from your lips



I have not forgotten, how you looked

When day gave gently into night

And the moon lay soft upon your skin

While your eyes reflected its light


I have not forgotten, promises we made

Or the tests we faced time and again

When storms, we oft brought on ourselves,

Sought fiercely to bring us to an end


I have not forgotten, the love that bound

While other ties were sadly broken

When the words “I’m sorry, and I love you still”

Were real when they were spoken


I have not forgotten, how you've stood

For all you believed was right
                                                                        
Or the comforting touch of your gentle hand

All through life’s uncertain nights


No, I have not forgotten, I should not forget

And certain sure I never will

For all that caused me to love you then

Does cause me to love you still


Kevin Dennie

Happy  50 Anniversary, Patty Gooding Dennie.

I love you honey, Kevin