Alexis

with you all is sunshine, though darkness abounds

skin to skin, eye to eye, hand to hand, heart to heart

apart from you all is dim, though light may surround

i would give the whole world for the sparks in your eyes

the tight clutch of your hand, a deep sigh reminds

what comes now is hardship, besieged by the squall

 i will be your mainstay, your foundation for joy

our love is hard-wearing, battered but never to fall