It Has Been A Long Day

It has been a long day, my love,

My bundle of joy and ecstasy

When I gaze in your big, dark eyes

My world turns upside down,

I still feel pulsations of your heart,

I have kissed the sensuous lips

That taste like honey and chocolate,

A touch of your warm and slender body,

Always ignited a volcano within me,

Walk with me to the future,

To the distant green and hazy hills,

We call home, our bastion of freedom,

The soft fragrance of the pine forests awaits,

The tall, conical-shaped trees remind me,

Of the years gone by,

In the land of 10,000 sunsets,

Yesterday, we were seven and nine years,

Licking lollipops and tossing wrappers about,

Dancing in the wet streets, barefooted and half-naked,

How can I forget your mischievous smiles of joy?

The punishments that followed such episodes,

We dashed to school every morning hand in hand,

Feeling excited about the prospects of tomorrow,

Your big brother, James, always dissed me,

He thought I was a terrible influence on you.

How wrong he was then and now!

I have been true to my feelings about you,

We hitched bus rides, hiding in the back,

To avoid the stingy and scarred conductor,

Who pulled our ears hard over unpaid bus fares,

The kind intervention of the JBT bus driver,

Always interceded on our behalf,

May God grant him eternal life,

After school, we had moved on,

Lived separate lives for years,

Tucked away in unhappy marriages,

Always weeping and hidden from each other,

Our hearts longed for a reunion,

Our love has endured the sands of time,

Now that we have tied the knot on this long day,

Forget the bitterness of yesterday, and

Wipe away the tears,

Let our happiness transcend the universe.