Ever persistent

Not while the lamp of memory is lit
Need there be trepidation of the dark -
The present and the past maintain their fit,
And life persists while soul retains its spark.

The centre holds

Were we to roam the globe entire
In search of places to admire,
We would not move from this dear spot
Which we have found to share our lot -
It is the here where hearts of two conspire
To celebrate the ardour of love's fire.

Carrying on

As, in your caring heart, I found myself,
So, in your fateful absence, I am lost,
Until upon reflection in the round
I see the wondrous value of a life
Suffices to sustain the vital urge.

What lies ahead

A mantis with a pair of specs may point
A new approach to find the way to show
Our androids three dimensions when they look,
On our behalf, to undertake the tasks
That we, in hubris, for ourselves reject.

But how shall we respond once androids learn
To put anthropogenic skills to use
In order to supplant the human race -
Other, that is, than castigate ourselves
For failing to oppose this fateful trend
Which now seems set to threaten all our lives
And place us underneath the robot heel?

Anniversary

The days of spring are lengthening as winter nights retreat,
The Earth adopts a new attire from Sun's advancing heat,
And we are met again one year from that defining day
When you departed from our midst and blessed us on our way.
To  celebrate this anniversary is not thereby
To slip into nostalgia or dwell upon the past.
You urged us to pursue our paths without you by our sides,
And this we do while keeping safe a place where you reside.

Your last request we honour - to accept finality -
Save that to grieve is human and deep memories will last,
Though still throughout the turbulence that marks the life of man
The hopeful heart obeys the urge to love because it can.

Expecting

The chain of life, whose links are love's result
Embodied as the next to take their place
Within the pageant of the march of kin,
Is soon to be enlarged by newborn gain,
And we who share this message of such joy
Are joined together waiting on the day
Of culmination when fruition comes.