30 Years

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I wrote this for my friends
Joey & Carmen (Delia)
for their 2015 Christmas gathering.
Which also happened to be their 30th
year together as a couple.

Yes... I actually wore a suit.
And as I arrived through the hall doors,
Joey promptly walked up to greet me
and...
straighten my fuckin' tie... LoL

It was a really fun time as the night ended with the entire room encircling the family... singing along to an emotional Billy Joel... "Sing us a song you're the piano man...
Sing us a song tonight.
Well we're all in the mood for a melody...
And you got us feelin' alright!"

--- The pink is Delia talking ---
--- The blue is Joey talking ---
--- The black is both talking together ---

30 Years

To my dearest Joseph... you are my husband

To my dearest Delia... you are my wife

Together we've lived... together we've loved

Together we've given each other... such a wonderful life

Just look at us now surrounded by family...

embraced by friends

We're 30 years now from the start

Can either one of us have ever envisioned such fulfillment

Our hearts are warmly melting from an abundance of love

In God we trust... that it never ends

I have to say Delia...

I never thought I would ever find true direction

and consoling comfort

And within you my Joseph...

I have found my protector... my warmth

Only one word... one emotion...

Can ever tell the tale of us...

and that is of course... triumphant

30 years

Yes 30 wonderful years have brought us to this point

We've had our hands full at times

Yes but somehow we've always managed

to find those rhymes

Those rhymes just beyond our sight

I can honestly say my Joseph

And I can honestly say my Delia

That having you...

And also you...

In my life has been such a miracle... simply a blessing

And without hesitation I say to you

That every second together you have truly been

My shinning star... my inner strength

Always and forever... my guiding light...

I love you