Valentine’s Day, not for the faint of heart

It’s Valentine’s Day,

a day,

for believers,

for romantics,

who believe,

in the power,

of love,

of romance,

of wooing,

of courtship,

of wearing,

our hearts,

on our sleeves.

It’s about believing,

enough,

to rise above,

the ersatz sentiment,

promoted by,

mercantile preoccupations.

Naive?

Perhaps.

A little naivete,

a little innocence,

never hurt anybody,

quite the opposite,

cynicism hurts,

innocence doesn’t,

belief and hope,

are  what get,

you out of bed,

in the morning,

and,

if you don’t believe,

in love,

the real of it,

the possibility of it,

the dream of it,

the pure and the carnal of it,

what do you believe in?

there is nothing,

more important,

than love.

Valentine’s is about,

romantic love.

The love,

that sets you afire,

the love so intense,

the love so raw,

the love so comfortable,

the love so heady,

the love so warm and fuzzy,

that most of the time,

you are swaying,

from it’s intensity,

it’s force,

it’s beauty,

the love that changes,

but,

never tires,

the love,

you believed in,

but,

wondered if,

it really,

existed,

romanticism, does not preclude, skepticism:-)

The love that,

once had,

cannot,

be lived without,

that’s what,

Valentine’s,

means.

It is for the true believer,

not for the faint of heart.

I believe,

and it is my fervent,

wish,

that you all,

do,

as well.

Happy Valentine’s, girls.

May all your love dreams come true,

mine have,

🙂

Later girls,

BB

 

Author: Bookish Butch

I am a bookish butch in my mid early fifties. I live in Montréal and always have. I used to run a small used bookstore. Reading keeps me sane. My latest jiggie is photography, book project in the works, living the dream

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