Never Run Out of Valentine

Birds flying around in pairs

Could’ve mistaken their giddy tweets

As TI AMOs.

A special day not just for humans, I see.

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Strode down the street

Lonely footsteps but not lonely me.

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Roses! Pink, blue, red!

The chap by the street exclaimed

Dragging passersby to his flowers.

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I want a blue one,

I told him.

Such young love,

He clicked his tongue.

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My valentine’s blue rose in hand,

I scurried back down the street.

Couldn’t help the giggles

When I pictured him in my head

His smile that reaches deep inside me

His eyes that say I am loved

Wished maybe my eyes could tell him just the same.

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Still couldn’t stop the giggles

As I found him in the kitchen

By the counter, peeling oranges

Crinkled eyes on the morning paper.

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Hugged him from behind

Smiled into his warm back.

He laughed lightly.

I love his laugh

It tells me this world is beautiful.

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Happy, happy Valentine’s Day!

I cheered

And tightened my arms around him.

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This man,

He’s a superhero.

Made incredible meals

Made me the best hot chocolates

My armour against the world

Ice skated with me though

Lost count of the falls

Taught me simple maths

And how not to be a weakling in front of fate.

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I’ll be loving this man

For the remaining days of this life

Possibly, in afterlife as well.

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This man,

He’s my ultimate,

The one and only,

Impossible,

Stubborn,

Bossy,

Egoistic grandpa.

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And I still love him for it.