a captivating
beauty among women.
You have taken my heart hostage, my beloved, my bride;
you have
stolen it with one glance,
captured it
with a single strand of your hair.
How satisfying is your love, my beloved, my bride!
Your love is
more pleasing than the finest food,
your friendship
more fragrant than costly perfume!
Your lips taste sweet like honey off the comb, my bride;
milk and honey
are beneath your tongue.
The scent of your nearness is like the freshness of spring.
I have set you as a seal over my heart, my bride;
I display your
companionship as an emblem on my arm.
Our love is stronger than death,
our togetherness,
more relentless than the grave.
Our love flares up like a blazing fire, a very ardent flame.
No amount of
water can quench it;
a raging flood
cannot drown it out.
If all the wealth of the world were offered in exchange for
our love,
It would be
utterly insufficient.
So arise my dearest, my beauty, my bride, my love,
and come away
with me.
The flowers are unfolding in the fields;
the birds are
warming up their songs.
Let us return to the spring of our love.
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Written for Tammy Doll by her husband, Brad, on the Occasion
of our 23rd Wedding Anniversary 6-22-14