valentine day

A Holiday for the Heart

There’s a batch of romance

now simmering in the heart—

add red wine and it’s very sweet,

the degree of love determines its heat.

There’s a pink perfume sunrise

waiting patiently for its turn—

its rays are bright, though bittersweet born,

a thread for mending hearts torn.

There’s a book of poetry

blown open by the wind—

a million words the poets have said,

always a favorite: Roses are red…

There’s a day reserved for love

bearing cards and cliché—

the candied tradition our hearts

know as Valentine’s Day.