My Best Half Poem by Bashyam Narayanan

I would like to differ
From the common expression
Better half
When it comes to mentioning
My wife
I prefer calling her
My best half
Reason is simple
We match well
And we are so balanced
That we are just opposite
On many great qualities
Since I know my worth
I credit her with all good things
And thus she becomes
The best half of me
Not the better half
As we normally connotate
We are married for
Thirty six plus years now
Believe, each day
I find something or the other
New good quality in her
And this continues and will continue
Me, on the other hand
Think, say and do some blunder or the other
And get an unpleasant comment
A well organized
Futuristically thinking
Worldly wise
Financially smart
Creatively active, and more especially
Tolerating-me, she
And me, the just opposite
Go well together
All because of her
No doubt, she is
My best half