MY FIRST VALENTINE’S DAY WITHOUT YOU

(To Jill with all my love, Dan)
written by Mariane Holbrook

In all those years that you were here,

My lover and my wife,

You brought such joy and beauty to

Our home and to my life. 

Each year I bought a valentine

For you to show my love,

But this year you may read it from

Your home in heaven above.

If I could only find the words

To say how much I care

And how each time I bow my head,

I breathe your name in prayer.

I don’t know why God felt the time

Had come when we must part;

I may not understand His ways,

But I can trust His heart.

And while my valentine this year

Won’t be the usual kind,
With pretty lace and lovers standing
With their hearts entwined,

Still, it will say, “I love you, dear,

You’re everything to me,”

And it will soar across the skies

For all the world to see.