This limited selection of greeting cards will not do
Unless I repeat the same pick again
Knowing you will understand the choice I made
To leave the store empty handed
Better to find my own words to say
Better to repeat the very same thoughts
In the way that a babbling brook murmurs
You know how I feel about you
The spaces between the words hold feelings
Attached to images etched in memory
Enjoying the mountain laurel in peak bloom
Seated on bare rock overlooking the lake
No one else was around that day
When I realized you were choosing me
When I happily responded in kind
When our time together began
As the calendar marks off our years
Our love keeps growing like a tree
Firmly rooted and nourished together
Spreading its branches around us
