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My Life is a Bowl by May Riley Smith

Here is a happy love poem in honor of my wonderful parents and awesome aunt and uncle, who share the same wedding anniversary—today, of course!

My Life is a Bowl
By May Riley Smith

My life is a bowl which is mine to brim
          With loveliness old and new.
So I fill its clay from stem to rim
          With you, dear heart,
                     With you.

My life is a pool which can only hold
          One star and a glimpse of blue.
But the blue and the little lamp of gold
          Are you, dear heart,
                     Are you.

My life is a homing bird that flies
          Through the starry dusk and dew
Home to the heaven of your true eyes,
          Home, dear heart,
                     To you.