Do Not Be My Valentine

Cherry

By Bee

Sat, 14 Feb 2015
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18 comments
 

Do not be my valentine,
the one I'd think of on this day
when other lovers smother kisses
on red cards to have their say.

Do not be the one I'd yearn for,
but no longer have - to cling to 
in the early evening chill, 
or sleep, fit snug like spoons with;
the one who'd calm me with a soft caress 
and turn me round to kiss 
my eager lips, and linger 
in the way I'd long for still.

Do not be the one my aching heart
skipped beats for when remembering
the shiny golden ring
and the broken vows regretted
some years later 
when love had turned to hate
and there was no return. 

Do not be my valentine, 
be everything to me, and here each day.
I do not need a card signed X, or flowers 
sent to let me know you love me, 
just tell me often - as you do,
and I will do the same.

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Comments

Submitted by Dazzla on

I like this a lot.

It seems valentines day sucks for a lot of people. And like you suggest we need affection everyday not just one day a year. It really is just about making money for the florists and card companies.

 

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks thed - glad you liked it. I was going for romance in my own way, though. But I agree, like everything else, the occasion's gone crazy commercial. Valentine's Day used to be an opportunity for someone who didn't have a boy/girlfriend to buy a card to let someone know that 'x' had feelings for them, get them wondering who, and hopefully guess favourably. The world's gone mad - luckily, coz so am I.

Thank you for your comments.

Bee

Submitted by london_calling79 on

'...be everything to me, and here each day.' You've summed up there what real love is in my opinion. Sometimes it's just being there all the time, not for the grand gestures but for the ups, the downs and the meh in-betweens.

 

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks LC, I really liked what you said.

Bee

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Ahh, lovely.

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks Philip. Feel like I got it right, now. 

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Well, I bought my Valentine a purple rubber duck with red hearts on itsmiley

Love the sentiments you express, here, Bee, and the way you express them.  

Tina

 

Submitted by Bee on

Ah, that's sweet and romantic, Tina.

Glad you liked the sentiments. Thank you.

 

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

You are more than welcome, dear Beesmiley

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Romance needs faithfulness of 'giving' love, but not neglecting the romance too! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Bee on

Very true, Rhiannon. Thank you. 

Bee

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

PS So different to some of the grim images of rape etc you've pointed to. Rh

 

Submitted by Bee on

Well now I feel just terrible. I don't think I've done images of rape, though...

I'm sorry!

Bee

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Sorry, Bee, I thought some of your passionate verse was about such abuse. Did'nt want to upset you, just that this piece shows what love and true sexual love is all about I thought. Rh

 

Submitted by Bee on

Rhiannon, you are quite right - loads of my 'poems' are horrible, or about nasty stuff, and You haven't upset me in the slightest - just made me think, that's all. You could never upset me, I know anything you say would only be meant kindly. 

Bee x

Bee

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks for the cherries!

Bee

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Bee

This is very lovely, and I really enjoyed reading it, and sharing in the story of good  love gone bad and then back good again.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks Jean.

Bee