Through our love of poetry we met
Perchance, as if fate decreed
Two strangers

Living so far apart, oceans away
Yet held together by bonds of friendship
So strong

Your sweetness and kindness
A true gentleman I have come to know
And love

Sharing our days, overlapping and beginning
As you awake and ending with me asleep
Keeping company

The weekends so long as Friday we bid goodbye
Until Monday dawns and again
We greet

Your compassion and kindness shown to me
During my heartbreaking loss, you became
My rock

Thank you for being a part of my world
Enriching my soul and heart
My life

Let this Valentine’s Day be a chance to say
What you mean to me
For ever

No flowers or gifts
Just a few words to let you know
You are loved