Louis R. Rogers

2002-3

Ann, since I first saw you

More than forty-five years have passed

I still remember so well

You sitting at your desk

Prim, vibrant and beautiful

Firmly intent on your task

Today, I still see you…

Just as I saw you then

Prim, vibrant and beautiful

Just as you were in the past

On that day so long ago

As I looked away from you then

I was drawn to look back

And, as my eyes on you came to rest

A feeling surged in my chest

A feeling that will forever transcend

When I look at you now

You are as I first saw you

The feeling in my chest

Surging stronger, and stronger

But, not yet at its crest

T’was late Summer

Turner Air Force Base, Georgia

Nineteen-hundred and fifty-five

For me the world was new

I had just become alive

What brought our lives together?

With the passing of time

I can't remember

I do recall however

It began early in September

The first day in your presence

I spent a very short time

Time enough though

For the wonder of you

To engrave indelibly on my mind

Twentieth of April nineteen-fifty-six

In the presence of our Heavenly Father

We pledged our lives to each other

Brother Aaron with wife, sister Lee

Stood with us on that grand day

And they have continued with us

All along the way

Today Ann, you and I are together

Knowing that over the years

Rough times have come and passed

Much like the weather

That makes the sky momentarily overcast

Ann, with God's help

And , the help of our family and friends

We have been blessed

Through a long time of test

Now with God's guidance

And with our love for each other

We go forward together

Forever.

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