FAMILY: Stardust

STARDUST

You are the stardust who winks a smile at me

    Across the cavernous universe.

       Who blankets my life with lingering love and compassion,

          And blends tender tears with laughter.  

You are the stardust whose brilliance radiates

   From quiet logic and caring composure,

      Who surrenders the show to the gaudy galaxy

          While tenderly cradling your children. 

You are the stardust whose light focuses my life

  Toward goals traversed,     

      And instills in me the hope and courage

   To trudge forward.

You are the stardust who, in my dying embers,

    Will carry me to the edge of life,

       And help prepare me for my peaceful

Leap into eternity.

You are my stardust of fervent shining faithfulness

Whom I will love and cherish

  ‘Til death binds us together 

        In the brilliance of never-ending life.

(Written & dedicated by Beth Good to her husband

on the celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary - 1997)