"Gifts"

If ever you meant to touch my heart
If ever I did believe,
that I could be special from the start,
this is the gift you give to me.
It is a gift I can't explain
in lines of words or metered rhyme,
it's something that has grown deep
through the magic course of time.
You've been a friend beyond compare
and I've learned a lot from you,
while others may not understand
you've brought a love I never knew.
It's a love finer than romance,
a love greater than physical things,
wrapped up in the bow of everlasting
these are the gifts you bring.
The gift of peace and understanding
of compassion that is real,
the gift of love and tenderness
that few ever get to feel.
The gift of promised friendship,
and of helping me to grow,
into the flower blooming before you
like a rose in the snow.
The gift of heartfelt moments,
of making me always smile
even in my most saddest moments
you've been with me all the while.
So I thank you for all these gifts,
they are most precious to me,
for the best presents one can give
are the ones we cannot see.
And I shall always remember
these things you've given true,
but the sweetest gift of all
is the gift of you being you.