Twelve Months Later

Nerves ball up, entangled into knots

Grateful, blessed for what it is I've got

How on earth did all these things line up

Kind of scared I might not be enough

You, so gracious, careful with my heart

Think so oft of how you could impart

Aide in word and deed and all that's good

Back me up in every way you could

I'm excited: what the future holds

Still expecting ways it could unfold

Places, paces, movements in the world

Falling deeper as it all unfurls

You, so soft and gentle to the touch

Here with you, I feel it's all too much

So much more of you yet to explore

There's eight more to pass and not before

That December day is far behind

Stowed away inside my heart and mind

One fine day cascades into a life

Twelve months later: soon be man and wife