PLEASE KNOW
 

Please know, as I stand here,
I am loving you,
please know, as my heart beats,
I love you in all that I do.

Please know, as my love was,
so many, many years ago,
that I honor and respect you,
and my love continues to grow.

Please know, that through these years,
with the little bits of time we've had,
that to realize, so much time has gone,
for all that time lost, it makes me so sad.

Please know, that through this time,
while I've given so little, taken so much,
that your love is the wonder in my life,
we've had so little time to love or to touch.

On that day, nearly 25 years ago,
it was on my birthday that we wed,
I had meant for things to be so sweet,
it's been a never ending struggle instead.

Please know, I'm aware of all you've done,
all the prices you've had to pay,
I've watched as your youth has slowly gone,
please know, I've loved you each and every day.

Please know, I feel the love,
that we have and that we share,
with such little time together,
yet I know how you care.

Please know,
I hurt deep inside,
to think of all,
you've never had.

Please know,
it tears at my heart,
to watch you, never ending,
going on and on,
in the constant struggle,
I've made of our lives.

Please know how I love you,
please know how much I care,
please know, you matter most to me,
there is none like you, ever, anywhere.

Please know, I'll never stop,
as long as my heart beats on,
to find a way to end the struggle,
a time, before time has all gone.

For some, things go along so smooth,
hardly a ripple in their stream,
for us, a constant uphill battle,
some would call it a bad dream.

Please know, I treasure your love,
please know I'm seeking a way,
for us to end the struggle,
for life to stabilize someday.

Please know I give to you,
each ounce of love that is me,
please know I think you're a wonder,
your love is so plain to see.

Please know, that on that birthday,
nearly twenty-five years ago,
I was as happy as I could ever be,
but little did I know,
of the path that was ahead,
of the price you'd pay,
of the constant struggle,
day after struggling day.

Of how, you'd be the strength,
of my life and of time,
of how you'd always go on,
never complaining,
never wanting,
just going, day after day,
and giving, always giving,
and loving, always loving,
and trying, always trying,
and showing, always showing,
and helping, always helping,
and waiting, always waiting,
for me, to find our way out.
 

©Written by: Ed Kassirer
June 6, 2004