Is this what you wanted for Valentine's Day?

You want something

From the heart

You said to me

Your lips curled

Eyebrows arched

As if you were asking me

To slay a princess

And rescue a dragon

Isn’t that the order

It’s Valentine’s Day

You reminded me

With the same voice you use

To mark the dog’s booster shots

On the calendar

Even the dog hid under the table

When you said

It’s Valentine’s Day

And I was tempted to follow him

Something from the heart

For once would be nice

It was a strange lead, but

I followed

I longed to see your face open

The canyons in your forehead

Turn to valleys once more

Your laugh that reminds me

Of crinkling tinfoil

What is this you ask

What did you do

Careful with that bottle

It’s all I have to give

I sit down my head spins

It wasn’t easy to procure

You wanted something from the heart

I thought it was a strange request

To someone so literal as I am

Why are you crying, baby?