We each have a way to shield ourselves
Storing our problems on far away shelves
You with your camera lens
And me with my imaginary friends
Friends who reside in my pen
Always there yet never forgotten
Friends waiting to come to life
To voice my every pain, every strife
They speak without pretense
And somehow make my insanity into sense
They are written words
Who take flight from the pages like birds
And turn my frustration
Into a fantastic imagination
With a single flash
You seem to repair every gash
Given to your heart
And keep it from falling apart
Not only that
Despite this year's combat
You have made your heart grow
Aflame with its own loving glow
I so admire you
Because your love is in all that you do
