Belated Anniversary Poem

I know this is coming late

So forgive the fact that I wasn’t expedient

I’ve spent all this time

Writing verse trying to tell you

How much I love you.

I tried to say I love you like stars

My love for you is more than the fathomless sea

The melodious madrigals of birds

Are nothing

When compared to your love of me

I compared you to the value of silver

I compared you to the value of gold

And all the jewels

In all of the world

But, no matter what I compared you to

No matter what I said

No matter what verse

No matter what form

Allusion or allegory

It couldn’t compare

To how much

I love you

So here is my belated anniversary poem

I LOVE YOU