A Birthday Poem for More Than a Friend, More Like My Everything, My Dearest, Valentina

"Fair friendship binds the whole celestial frame/For love in Heaven and Friendship are the same." -Found in a friendship album, c. 19th century II wouldn't spend half my blank page on such pomp & circumstance but I'd never spare am expense for a friend ship of 8 years, a friendship above, what was once called a romantic friendship—letters signed off with "My Queen" and "My Love"-what we've decided, together as always in each other's hearts: life partners. I'd go on and on for the sake of this pairing, divine, but seeing as life partners can finish each other's sentences, I will simply conclude: Happy Birthday my Queen, my Love!"