here we are
on this one day of love
which I believe is irony
because since knowing you
every day has been love
but somehow
I have to do the impossible
by culminating what feels like eternity
into one day
but that’s just it
all we have
all we ever had
was one day
and then that day
however slow
or fast
blended into the next day
and still
there we were
and here we are
with all there is
and all we have
in this one day
carrying the weight of the universe
which we’ve somehow fit into one word
called Love
simplicity is a delicacy
I believed too complicated to journey this vast day
that we conclude into a life at its end
even now
I fumble when less words are needed
because how can I capture effect
and all its grandeur
in my limited lexicon
I don’t know the words that exist
but I know that love lives
and I just figured it out
things I see, exist
but things I feel, live
your love gives me life
and this life is worth living
because I feel
I know
I have
your love
the only purpose worth spelling with just four letters
Happy Valentines Day–I Live, I Love You
—
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
but I have more than just colors and flowers for you
Roses may turn their nose up at me
and Violets may speak truth to my mood every now and then
but no one flower
or bouquet for that matter
can properly present to you the gift that I have
nor can it symbolize the beauty it withholds
because flowers, though gorgeous
they wilt
then die
but what I have,
what I hold
and what I bear
is promise,
it’s sacred
its eternal
and its yours
with this life and space we share and inhabit with others
I got you a priceless gift
I took time to let it mature
so I can unwrap it for you in the right season
and what better time than now
Here’s my Heart
Here’s my Soul
Here’s my Love
all in one
engraved beyond the clouds
from the star crowded galaxy of eternity
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
but I have more than just colors and flowers for you
—
the first time I heard you say you loved me
my eyes watered,
like young flowers in hungry soil
there first time I realized I loved you
my heart tightened,
like a baby’s hand around your finger
and still,
you yet to lose your grip on my heart
my chest constricts
and my belly flutters
like in a free fall down a mighty rollercoaster
and every word I try to pronounce
exits my mouth like a breathless scream
I realized something
my whole life,
I’ve searched diligently for a cause
but the real wonder
has been in the bliss of your effect
ever since the first time…
—
I knew I loved you
because you know when that one special thing happens
and you know exactly where you were
how you felt
and the exact lay out of the scene?
well, one time I closed my eyes
and I damn near jumped
thinking I’d lost control of my faculties
so I kept closing and opening my eyes
and nothing changed
then I realized
nothing was wrong
you had just imprinted on me so deeply
that even when my eyes were shut
you didn’t go anywhere
you were right there
like live wallpaper at the back of my eyelids
I still saw you as vivid as before
and I knew then
you were both dream and reality
to which there was no escape
and I finally welcomed sleep
just as much as I welcomed waking up to you right there
—
we have so many distractions in the world
its nice to be centered back on love
to decompress and focus on the more important things
calming my monkey mind
but I try to look at you and stay present
stay in the moment
and sometimes the moment overwhelms me
because you have so so soooo many distractions
—
I felt married when I met you
knowing I’d give in to your heart
and give up on chasing others
then, when I married you
I felt fated
believing I knew God in that instant
being placed exactly where His plan had led me
I prayed this prayer so many times
and now,
I had finally been granted it
sweet, sweet serenity
—
after so many years
word lose their glamour
and memories start to infringe upon one another
but feel,
oh the feel
it never loses its touch
your being
your essence your spirit
is like rose pedals
or finger tips
slightly tracing the surface of my flesh
giving rise to my pulse
dilating my eyes
and setting chills to the back of my neck
like the wind whispering intimate secrets at my ears
after so many years
I’m not numb
I’m still young and ripe
like fresh picked grapes from a vineyard
awaiting to be a part of the story of an aging wine
after all these years
I still don’t know enough
and the only way I believe l can tell you that I love you
is to still explore your vastness
as hungry to know even more of you
as I was just to know you
—
I don’t dance
but the things that I’d try for you
I can’t sing
but the things I’d try for you
I can’t cook
but the things I’ll do for you
I don’t clean
but the things you make me do!
—
teddy bears?
check!
roses?
check!
chocolates
check!
grapes?
check!
wine?
check!
skittles?
check!
and umm…
an all expense paid trip away for a night at a Holiday Inn!
check!
Happy Valentines Day!
—
I figure
a great way to teach our kids
about where they came from,
the birds and the bees
and love!
is to explain to them the importance of Valentine’s Day
because without it,
they wouldn’t exist
Happy Valentines Day
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