Her diagnosis should be crippling
It should cause her to live in peril
Sad and angry at the unfair world

It should have jaded her but it didn't
Seeing her mortality in black and white
It finally allowed her to set her heart free

For once she allowed herself to live life
Every moment appreciated and savored
Collecting beautiful memories just in case

Meeting him was by chance and so random
Falling in love is what she never saw coming
He teases her that she has no second gear

Life took her second gear away
No time to dwell on the what ifs
Every moment lived as if the last

Their story an incredible love story
Things she never expected or wished for
He made those things come true

The ocean was where she went in her mind
A peaceful eb and flow calming her fears
It was her fantasy to see it before time was up

As they walked in the sand holding hands
She thanked God for bringing her to him
The ocean seemed infinite, going on forever

Her heart wished she was like the water
Fluid, graceful and beautifully infinite
Walking in the waves, she was speechless

His eyes the color of the ocean
In such a troubled broken world
How had she found such beauty

If only she could let him see through her eyes
To see the beauty and wonder as she saw it
Then he could see himself as only she does

He was her calm, the tranquil spirit of the sea
The awe and wonder of a sunrise over the ocean
And breathtaking love, all wrapped into one man

Never wanting to leave him and this world
She finally knew what real affection felt like
Loving and living as if it was your last day.

The ocean was the last stop on their journey
What a poignant way to end the fairytale
But in her heart are hundreds of memories

Gifts she can use whenever she is drowning
Life rafts for when she loses her way in the dark
He will always be the sun rising over the ocean's horizon