A DYING LOVE
We vowed that we would love forever,
A love vowed by two puppies in youth,
But now two marriages,
and four children between us,
I vow my love’s
just as strong for you.

We danced and we frolicked
and experimented with love,
and shivered warm 
against the sea;
Private memories,
of a carefree love,
memories that belong
to just you and me.

I love my wife
with all of my being,
She’s made my life a pure delight;
But love never dies, and you need me now,
so I stand here, at your
bedside tonight.

I’ve done well in choosing
the women in my life,
as your fading eyes can see;
for as you lie here dying
and I profess my love,
my wife stands here in tears
next to me.

So good-bye sweet soul
who taught me to love,
and brought such
burning passion to me;
as you close your eyes
for the very last time,
let my love be the last thing
you see.

                                                                            Eric L. Wattree
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