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The poem 'Happy Anniversary', by Nicholas Gordon, elaborates on the love from a husband to his wife. Famous painter Pablo Picasso said "love is the greatest refreshment in life" and this poem is a depiction of same refreshment. When a person is blessed with love, the whole world looks beautiful and attractive. And when that love is converted into a lifelong commitment, in the form of marriage, it is further enhanced. In this poem, Nicholas Gordon says that love is essential and he expresses his joy at receiving the same from his beloved wife.
Happy Anniversary
Happy anniversary, my darling!
All I am is yours, as you are mine.
Perhaps the years erode the boundary line;
Perhaps the fortune fades into the feeling.
Yet we are will, though often not quite willing,
As this year’s choice becomes the next year’s wine.
Nor without love could we endure the time
Needed to bestow so great a blessing.
In choosing love, unburdening desire,
Viewing passion as a gift to give,
Embracing as we long to be embraced,
Remaining where we would someone remain
So do we tend both equally the fire
As each becomes the one, one needs to live,
Replacing what can never be replaced,
Yearning for what comes again, again.
