A Poem For My Anti Valentine

Let me be clear before I begin

A Valentine’s Day verse this is not, please rest assured

Save your blushes, silence your tuts,

For flowers, chocolate, hearts and cards I know you think absurd

So without chutzpah, without sounding trite

I offer you these words

Not a teddy, rose nor cupid in sight.

Today’s the day for all love birds to sing their song

Today by decree we have to be romantic

With the weight of expectation and the fear of disappointment

I was being pedantic

Lipstick kisses, hearts of felt, cuddly toys

A riot of red on red

Cute confections, a day to make up for a year of love unsaid

So silence the radio, cover the billboards, kill the advertising furore

For I know already, all that you abhor

But know this, in my heart you shine

My dearest love, be my anti Valentine.

#Valentinepoem