"Gratitude..."

@Uootem

I often think of you with gratitude...
          for you taught me who I was to be,
                    showed me things I had never knew before...
                                            had a huge influence on my life and me.
Our shared intimacy changed me---
          in a positive way... forever
                    And if there had never been a 'you and me'---
                                            the poet in me would have nothing to say.
I owe you my life...
          and every word ever written in a poem
                    But no words I could ever form...
                              could ever adequately describe
                                                      just what you are to me.
There will always be a place in my heart
          where memory of our time resides.
                    And though we are not together anymore.
                              I want you to know that
                                            no one... any where,
                could ever compare to you
        and affect me as you do.
Always in my heart are you.
                    Always remembered are the times we have shared.
                                Now, always missed in your absence.
                I often think of you with gratitude...
                                  and
                another poem is born.