To Have and To Hold

**This poem came from a book I'm currently reading. To my male friends, this may be a useful guide in defining what/who you want to pursue. To my women friends, let us work towards being this kind of a woman. :-)**

Her love was like an island
In life’s ocean, vast and wide,
A peaceful, quiet shelter
From the wind, and rain, and tide.

‘Twas bound on the north by hope
By patience on the west,
By tender counsel on the south
And on the east, by rest

Above it, like a beacon light,
Shone faith and truth and prayer;
And through the changing scenes of life
I found a haven there