love and thanks

i offer love and thanks
though i know not
who or what you are
you may be aged
and close to death
or burbling in some crib
however many legs
or fins or wings you have
i offer love and thanks
for oh so many things
i cherish you and need you
for oh so many reasons
i can't begin to tell you
what you do for me
i wouldn't be here now if
you hadn't shown the way
i ache so much neath
this passionate love
so much that up til now
i couldn't let you know
how beautiful you are
these cleansing tears
come at great expense
fear long barred the way
i couldn't dare allow
the stony dam to burst
i thought i'd drown in
those ancient waters
with everything to lose
now that tears
have washed away
clouds of bitter gloom
i now clearly see
without you and you and you
there could never be a me
i offer love and thanks
for every little thing
you do for me and thee
without knowing me at all
i offer love and thanks
thank you one and all

amen