Isn’t it fine to say, “Valentine be mine?” We can
celebrate, once a year, all that love brings.
Friendship, partner in crime, lover for years --
it matters little. What is important is the chance
to raise the chalice full of love to God above
and declare, this is someone close to me
someone about who I care. Laughing, with a wink --
full of Light simmering in our eyes or
at last, the moon calf stare of love divine --
it matters little, when in the end, we sigh,
“Valentine, be mine.”
10:54 AM
02/16/09
Alexandria, VA
A contest entry
- Be My Valentine~ by SandraMarionVeinot.
400 points, ended March 5, 2009, 11 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think, what it makes you feel, how you are moved.
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...hmmm.... enjoyed the poem and generally agree with the message, but at the same time from reading other comments, it makes me think is one day with an offhanded "I love you" and a box of chocolates supposed to negate 364 days of neglect? Maybe way off topic, but just my thoughts.
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No, it doesn't negate 364 day of neglect. Nor should it. Valentines Day should be a moment to celebrate the love itself that has soared and been shared between two lovers, two friends. By this I mean, we celebrate the lover and the loved and make goo goo eyes over the loving, but rarely do we honor the love itself. I acknowledge that I am thinking about things that most do not, but I see it as the spirit of the day. I like to know those things.
Love,
Tom B.
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This just might be the best Valentine poem I have ever read!!! I goes way beyond all that over the top, guilt prompted commercial BS... to the true heart of the matter! Things that really should be celebrated. But watch out! The neurotics may turn green with envy!!! LOL!
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Thanks for seeing so much in so few words. I know it started to sell more Hallmark cards, but it has grown to mean much more. I wanted to celebrate what it can be, not what it was. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts.
Love, Tom B.
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a sweet write, i believe though that we should let that special person know they are loved and needed every single day even if its only to say "i love you" before sleep, a simple touch as you pass their chair, a trace of fingers on skin on passing, simple things that keep the fires burning mean much more than any once a year declaration of love brought on by the need to conform (in my oppinion)
am i an old grouch by hating those also that ask "what did you get for valentine?" as though love must have a price tag.ooh dear i am rambling
and al this to realy say, good luck in the contest with this thought provoking write
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You are so right. But, few do. It is good to have this holiday to get people to say, "Thank you for being in my life." The more we are reminded the greater the chance that more and more people won't feel burdened, but instead gifted by the opportunity.
Love,
Tom B.
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Love is many things,shared in many ways,
but then you already know that.
so really I needed say and bore you with the burden of perhaps to many words.
thank you for your delightful poem.
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I just thought it would be nice to celebrate a day when we feel obligated to share our love for another. We need reminders, most of us. Saying thanks for being in my life is a good habit to get into.
Love, Tom B.
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Seems to me we don't need a day to say all we feel, just a lifetime to say it everyday
C
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So true and very correct, but, I suspect, that many are well reminded of what you deem so obvious. Better they be brought to consciousness at least once a year to remember to thank you to those they love once a year, even if the respond graclously, then not at all.
Love, Tom B.
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So many lonely spoke to me yesterday. And I could only wish to bless them on Valentines day, because I remembered knowing eyes taking in my heart and a pair of gentle hands holding mine as she repaired a rend in my spirit with the word, "You are never alone!" When I silence self, I know the truth, that the good in my life is a gift.
You write this with joy, and the blessing radiates.
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We always need to be reminded that the love in our life is the strongest part. So thanks to "Hallmark" for this day. Commericalized or not isn't it better to have this day to celebrate than to forget to tell each other at least once a year we want them in our lives and are thankful that they are there.
Love,
Tom B.
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