Mar 2012
Valentine's is almost here,
this year I'll be prepared,
I won't bemoan this empty life,
and cry that no one cared,
I'll buy myself a pretty card,
and write myself a wish,
then come home with a fresh bouquet,
and give my hand a kiss,
I'll celebrate the one I love,
who yet remains unknown,
to put on airs and so pretend,
this year I'm not alone,
With chocolate-sweetened compliments,
I'll court with all my pride,
the only person I have known,
who's never left my side
(C)2005, Christos Rigakos
this year I'll be prepared,
I won't bemoan this empty life,
and cry that no one cared,
I'll buy myself a pretty card,
and write myself a wish,
then come home with a fresh bouquet,
and give my hand a kiss,
I'll celebrate the one I love,
who yet remains unknown,
to put on airs and so pretend,
this year I'm not alone,
With chocolate-sweetened compliments,
I'll court with all my pride,
the only person I have known,
who's never left my side
(C)2005, Christos Rigakos
A few years ago this was considered for publication into a poetry anthology by either poetry.com or the International Library of Poetry...or was it the International House of Pancakes? I really don't recall, as I never purchased my own copy of the anthology (why couldn't I just receive a free contributor's copy?), though I think publication numbers reached almost as high as the number of contestants chosen for the anthology. Oh well.
