I Will Love You Always

“I will love you always. 

When this red hair is white, I will still love you. 

When the smooth softness of youth is 

replaced by the delicate softness of age, 

I will still want to touch your skin. 

When your face is full of the lines of 

every smile you have ever smiled, 

of every surprise, I have seen 

flash through your eyes, 

when every tear you have ever cried 

has left its mark upon your face,

I will treasure you all the more, 

because I was there to see it all. 

I will share your life with you, Meredith, 

and I will love you until the last breath leaves your body or mine.” 

~ Laurell K. Hamilton, A Lick of Frost