For Richard
February 14, 1995
by Patricia
copyright 1995
To my Valentine-
The one whom I’ve come to adore
More so than anyone I’ve
known before.
These words to you a modest gift
I do pray, your spirit they
may lift.
On this day set aside for lovers such as you
and me,
Could there ever have existed, a more perfect
couple than we?
There came a day, not far in the past
When we did conclude our love would outlast
all others by far.
For the love we share
Is truly beyond compare.
As that winged-boy we know as cupid
Drew back his bow, daring
to take aim
With
but one Golden arrow
Could he have realized our lives would never
be the same?
Our existence since, one of wishes and dreams
Only now does it seem
My wishes upon stars, desires present long ago
My dreams of love as it ought
to be
One
I thought for sure I’d never know
Those romantic visions have become a reality.
My precious boy-
Ours is a Universe of benevolence
A galaxy of joy, a world
of intellectual endeavors
A continent of solitude,
a nation of privacy
A state of sheer delight,
a township of pleasures
A home of mutual admiration
If you say you will be mine, my beautiful darling
I think you’ll find
I’ll lead you on breathless expeditions of beauty
and ecstasy
passion and perversion
pleasure and pain.
On this day, created for us alone
I send you love like you’ve
never known.
My soul bound to yours
and yours to mine
Won’t you please, my love of all loves
Be my Valentine?