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Valentines Day 2026 (revised1986)

No

I do not Like

Valentine’s Day

I WISH

It would Please

Just go AWAY

 

If you are

Married or in Love

Valentine’s Day

Comes from Cupid

Angels up Above

 

Deliveries to Work

The Gifts

Of Candy and Flowers

Evening Plans

Romantic Candlelight Dinner

Lasting for Hours

Followed by

Hugs and Kisses

And many

Sweet untold Wishes

 

However if you Are

Alone or Single

This Day is

An empty Heart

That sadly Tingles

 

One by One each Co-worker

Receives their Deliveries  

Their glances of Pity

Adds to my Miseries

Their words of Sympathy

Only deepen my Pain

Hoping for

This day to END

Before I go INSANE

 

A Day

RUBBED

IN MY FACE

Now Bitter Lonely Sadness

Are my

Only Grace

 

Hurtful memories of

Old verse New

Dinner for ONE

Instead of for TWO

 

No,

I do not Like

Valentine’s Day

I WISH

It would Please

Just Go AWAY

 

There was a Time

When I too Received

Many Deliveries

Before the days of Now

And my Miseries  

 

My Heart my Love

Did no come Home

Nor did HE

Call on the Telephone

No Hash Words

No Fight

 

I spent Valentine’s Night

Staring out the window

ALONE

His behavior

I don’t

Won’t  

Condone

 

I Cried

Myself to Sleep

I Thought

Life

Couldn’t be

More Bleak

Wondering is 

THIS my LIFE?

That of

A New young Wife!

 

He came Home

After a Night

At the BAR

He bought me Flowers

But

Left them in the Car

 

The next Day

When I AWOKE

Not a Word

between  Us

We SPOKE

 

Retrieved From

The Car FLOOR

I was SHOCKED

When he Strolled

Through the Door

 

He brought IN

The Flowers

Putting them

In a Vase

You should Have

SEEN

The look on My

FACE

 

Two Dozen Beautiful

Long stemmed ROSES

had WILTED

Like OUR Love

Empty and  Jilted

 

I  Took

A pair of Scissors

From the Drawer  

By the Bed

Cutting the Roses

ONE by ONE

At the Base

of the Bulb

HEAD

 

Silently

I set Down

The Scissors

Without

Placing Blame

My husband

Said Nothing

Only Hung

His Head

In SHAME

 

I made it Clear

I never want ROSES

On Valentine’s Day

We NEVER

Spoke of IT

What is the

POINT

Anyway

 

No

I don't Like

Valentine’s Day

I WISH

It would Please

Just go AWAY

 

Inspired songs

1)The first time I ever saw your face

ByRoberta Flack 1972

 

2)Wonderful tonight By Eric Clapton 1977

 

3) Just the way you are By Billy Joel 1977

 

4)Three times the lady By The Commodores 1978

 

5)You are so beautiful By Joe Crocker 1974

 

6)Silly love songs By Paul McCartney 1976

 

7)Make it with you By Bread 1974

 

8) A poor man’s roses By Patsy Cline 1957

 

9)I will always love you

By Whitney Houston 1976

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Written by
cj-sutherland
65 / F / U.S
Published
Feb 7, 2019
Lines·Words
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Notes

Despite all this

we have been married since 1985

(2025) 40 years married 42 years together

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#valentines#day#love#forgiveness
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