Hearthstone

Home again to my world secure, I find her touch in everything, An opulence no life can be Without and still be welcome guest.

Yet even with the house shipshape, Herself not there when I come in, The rooms become a vacuum, The freshness stale despite her skill.

Sometimes I fret at differences Between us, yet intemperance So ill becomes her, she forgives My faults but not the fool I play.

I cannot move but in her faith, I cannot live but in her love, She keeps the hearthstone we two share And home is all because of her.