love of my life

you are the love of my life
the smile on a winter's morn

you are the rock of my life
the calm after the storm

you are the voice in my heart
the fragrance of spring in bloom

you are the one next to me
the theatre with curtains down

you are the tickle in my throat
the giggles and laughter all boisterous and loud

you are my prince
my one and only
the one i cannot live without

you are my all, my life

treasury masqueraded

i see paint peeling off
these walls of masquerade
i see only brick and mortar
nothing else until...

a thundering pound crashed
against these walls, my walls
a crack opened into another room
of treasures, inviting me

my hand reaches out, yet my eyes
still look back
turn my eyes, my treasure hunter
to step in