“The Happiest Song”

Love is the joy within my heart
  the light from your eyes
 the dancing, the spins
Gone walking in the cold
   You warm beside me
Naked life in trees
   The leaves singing
Through the dreams of spring
Firework finales
  And animal parades
Hand in hand
The gorgeous sight of the waves
  And shells
   To hear the outer ocean
Inside your presence
  I see shooting stars
And you ask if I love you
 What for?
There’s only one answer
 You’ve heard it
  Many times before
     --april 17, 2002