This is a poem to my wife, Faith

This is a poem to my wife, Faith.

You are everything I am not,

everything I can never be.

Mother, Daughter, Wife,

My lover.

There are times I don't love myself,

and I don't see how anyone could.

Yet, you do,

and you convince me that I am lovable.

You complete me.

You make me who I am,

You drive me to be more than I am.

We all need someone like you:

a goad, a thorn, a rose,

a sweet perfume that clings to me

and tells me that I am beautiful.

You are my wife,

and I am ... yours.