Strange Love

Every once in a while
I stare at your sleeping face 
And I think
What a strange thing love is

There's no joy greater
Than seeing you laugh up to your eyes
There's no pain greater
Than watching those eyes overflow

And when you run towards me
From across the room
With your arms outstretched 
I realise
There's no moment greater
Than the one I'm in right now

I realise
This moment will never come back
Just like it didn't for those two people, who
A little less than four decades ago
Loved me
The exact same much

Every once in a while
I see them in your sleeping face 
And I think
What a strange thing love is

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Happy birthday, 19th April 2021