I Love You Now

Our lives are not like rom-coms shown With happy endings planned. Sometimes we'll end up all alone... And we'll not understand... Just holding back our sacred tears And trying to be brave... Enfolding all our secret fears, To take them to the grave. Love's precious gift is meant to please And warm our hearts for sure... And yet life has no guarantees To tease us with amour... That's why we risk our everything, Like gamblers, fast and loose, Not knowing what the Fates may bring, Not knowing what they'll choose. To me, you are the sweetest face. You truly make me glad... My greatest joy is love's embrace... What more is there to add? I love you now, with all my heart, To me, you are sublime... To me, you are a work of art Compressed in space and time... Denis Martindale, copyright December 2010. The poem is based on the poem penned by Charlotte Murray, 'I Don't Want To Wait 'Til The End' which I found on the poemhunter.com website.