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VALENTINE'S DAY #2
IN OLDEN DAYS,
A VALENTINE CAME CLOAKED IN MYSTERY...
SOME WIDE-EYED HOPEFUL SUITOR
PRACTISED HARD ON BENDED KNEE,
AND PRAYED TO ONE DAY SPEAK HIS LOVE
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE...
IN OLDEN DAYS, A VALENTINE COULD NOT YOUR FATHER BE....
IT USED TO BE A VEE DAY CARD CAME UNNANNOUNCED, AT DAWN,
SLIPPED SILENTLY AND FURTIVELY BENEATH THE DOOR,
THEN GONE
WOULD BE THE MESSENGER, AND COLD WOULD BE HIS TRAIL
A MAIDEN WONDERED ALL YEAR ROUND,
JUST WHO MIGHT BE HER MALE.
AND FLOWERS CAME IN SECRET
WITH NO GREETING CARD ATTACHED...
SLIPPED QUICKLY ON THE PILLOW,
WHEN THE DOOR WAS LEFT UNLATCHED....
AND CANDY CAME ANONYMOUS,
AND WORDS WERE LEFT UNSAID...
AND EARNEST HOPES FROM HOPELESS DOPES
DEMANDED TO BE READ.
FOR VALENTINES ARE EQUAL TIMES,
WHEN SUITORS ARE UNKNOWN...
AND LITTLE PLANTED SEEDS OF LOVE
CAN OFTEN BLOOM FULL GROWN
WITHOUT THE STARE OF SOCIAL CARE,
WITHOUT THE FEAR TO FAIL...
YES, EVERY ONE LOOKS JUST AS GOOD
WHEN TRAVELLING THROUGH THE MAIL.
FOR IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS
THAT SENT THE TREASURED NOTE.
THE BUDDING ROSE, THE CHOCOLATE HEART,
THE PERFECT SINGLE QUOTE...
TO TOUCH THE SOUL - TO THAW THE ICE -
TO MAKE THE MENFOLK OUT OF MICE..
THEN MAYBE IT WAS SOMEONE NICE
AND SOMETHING NICE CAN START.
BUT VALENTINES FROM FOLKS YOU KNOW
ARE SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN.
FROM NEIGHBOURS NEAR AND CLASSMATES DEAR
AND HORDES OF PIMPLY MEN.
IT ISN'T QUITE THE SAME YOU KNOW, I LONG FOR OLDEN DAYS.
OF CHIVALRY AND PAGEANTRY AND LESS FAMILIAR WAYS.
BUT I MUST CHANGE AS LIFE DEMANDS
AND MUST NOT BE SO SAD...
IF NOWADAYS A VALENTINE CAN SHOW UP FROM YOUR DAD.
SO HERE IT IS, FROM ME TO YOU.. NO SECRET RIDDLE HERE,
A VALENTINE TO MAKE YOU SHINE AND GRIN FROM EAR TO EAR.
A TICKLE IN THE LETTERS AND A GIGGLE IN THE SPACE...
WISH I WAS THERE TO SHARE THE AIR
AND KISS YOUR SILLY FACE,
AND HOLD YOU TIGHTLY CLOSE TO ME AND NEVER LET YOU GO,
AND SAY "I LOVE YOU" IN YOUR EAR
AND BE YOUR FAVORITE BEAU.
BUT I AM STILL SO FAR AWAY, (AND SO OF COURSE ARE YOU)
YET ON THIS DAY, LIKE ALL THE REST, I LOVE YOU JUST AS TRUE.
AND IF YOU READ THIS CAREFULLY YOU'LL SEE, ON EVERY LINE
AN EARNEST PLEA TO YOU FROM ME
THAT ON THIS DAY YOU'LL WILLINGLY
A MOMENT PAUSE AND SAY YOU'LL BE
MY PERFECT VALENTINE.
THIS LITTLE RHYME, THIS VALENTINE,
FOR BOTH MY GIRLS COMPOSED-
WOULD PROBABLY LOOK MUCH BETTER
WERE IT WRAPPED AROUND A ROSE..
OR EDIBLE OR CHOCOLATEY OR HUNDRED DOLLAR NOTES,
OR SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT LIBERALLY
WITH MILLION DOLLAR QUOTES.
BUT SAD TO SAY, THIS JOYEFUL DAY, I HAVE NO FANCY THINGS,
NO CARRIAGE RIDES, OR SABLE COATS ...
NO LITTLE HEARTS ON RINGS..
NOT EVEN CHUBBY CUPID WHISTLING DOWN ON SATIN WINGS..
JUST LITTLE WORDS.. SWEET HUMBLE WORDS...
SENT SKYWARD ON 'LECTRONIC BIRDS,
TO WING THEIR WAY INTO YOUR HEART ,
MY WARMEST LOVE TO BRING.
SO THING OF ME, ON THIS V.D., AS I SHALL THINK OF YOU..
AND KNOW OF THIS.. SOME SEEK TO KISS..
AND OTHERS SEEK TO WOO..
BUT THAT'S NOT ME...I WON YOU SEE...
I ALWAYS WILL BE TRUE...
THOUGH COME THE DAY WHEN YOU BOTH PRAY..
THAT NOSY DAD WOULD GO AWAY,
AND LEAVE YOU HAPPILY AT PLAY
IT'S NOT MY JOB, IT'S NOT MY TASK..
NO MATTER HOW YOU CHOOSE TO ASK..
I SIMPLY LOVE YOU, CAN'T CHANGE THAT...
DON'T WANT TO, WON'T, CAN'T.. NO. NO NO.
SO THERE,
THAT'S IT
I TOLD YOU SO.
I LOVE YOU SWEETHEARTS.
DADDY
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