Poem: A Toast

To the length

and strength

of this love that you

have and this love that you

hold and to everything that

you have told

me and to all of the bits

that nearly came true and

to the way that you only

said what you felt right

up until you said that

you were through and to

the holding of heads so

high and sure and to

the exclusion of anyone

else seeking inclusion

and the int…