This is a poem that my wife Andrea wrote for me after one of my many failures as a husband, with a little inspiration from God Almighty and a tall skinny kiwi. It simply leaves me speechless. Unconditional love always does.
YOU ARE?
I say you are wonderful.
You say NO
I’m not.
I say you are the BEST.
You say NO
I’m bad.
I do bad things.
How can you see
through my eyes,
through my heart?
The BrOkEn pieces
of yourself-
I pick up,
I put together.
I say you are beautiful.
You say BUT,
I’m still cracked,
still distorted.
The light I see,
shining out-
so bright,
so holy.
The darkness you see,
closing in-
so BLACK,
so hopeless.
My protector,
my lover,
my completeness you are.
NOT my burden,
NOT my pain,
NOT my sadness.
You are more
than you think
you are.
You are mine.
You are His.
YOU ARE.
Wow. Beautiful. Marriage at its best really does give us a glimpse of God and his unconditional love for us.
Typing through tears…
I am so grateful that God blessed Andrea and us with you, Aaron!
And that we can share a great love for her.
[Andrea's Dad]
Nice. Nice.
You know, you’re sitting at work and you go innocently surfing around on the net and you stumble upon something like this. I’m not supposed to start crying on my lunch break at work!!!!
It’s a beautiful reflection of God’s mercy.
Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful poem! I can’t think of anything else to describe it. It is a poem written by a woman who tries to love and to look through the eyes of God. You are lucky to have such a spiritual and beautiful relationship with your wife. The poem expresses your wife’s love and how love should be. When you truly love, you do not see only the good side or the defects of your partner, you see him/her as a whole person. You know the weaknesses and the mistakes, yet you focus on the more positive aspect - his/her capacity to change for the better.
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