Ode To a Woman

When I look back on my greatest days, I see you.  I see the memories made, the roads paved with the very best intentions and the bridges built to accommodate the needs of the other.  I have gazed into your eyes and know of their secrets.  Within them, I have seen the gentleness of womanhood, the gift of love without condition and felt the intense concern and gratitude of being worthy of its receipt.  Within them, I have seen the reflection of the man that I need to be, steady and reliable.  Within them, I have seen the soft tears of motherhood and found comfort in the knowledge that at least one of us was a natural.  Those eyes are my well spring, my true North, ever guiding me to my better self.  The gift that comes from becoming the man that I want to be, for the woman that I want to be him with.