Once In A Lifetime

Amy L. Chaves

Sept. 25, 2001

This chanced meeting,

this friendship, this undivided love,

this heaven on earth,

could only come once in a lifetime.

This dream, this bond,

this yearning, this ache,

this swell  of desire,

could only come once in a lifetime.

This moment, this joy,

this history of you in my life,

this precious person which is you,

could only come once in a lifetime.

I love you, my precious one.

I pray for Love's nurturance

and Love's enduring sweetness,

for you and I have found

the love of a lifetime.

Thank you sweetheart for you,

for all the wonders of your self,

for everything that you are,

for sharing your world--

someone as wonderful as you

could only come once in a lifetime.

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