An Ode to My Oxford Dictionary..

 I need to thank you for all the time you've been with me,

 hope you enjoy my frequent touch,

 hope you don't mind my time to time negligence ,

 hope you'd forgive my unwillingness to have you covered

 this all 23 years....

 as I don't mind your yellowing, browning pages,

 as I never let you that far away from my reach,

 as I'm willing to perch you on my bed-head

 though I just realize it today, how much you've been

 in lots of parts of my past 23 years.

 on the night of realizing this