On Valentine Card
I penned from my heart, rubies
and pearly corals.

Their luster has dulled
yet, our laughter swirls
caged within my ribs

Memories soon bloom
in my crestfallen gloom, when
lilies fill their space.

On delicate stalks,
these lilies perform, a ballet
on their tip toeing toes.

When the curtain falls,
I reach out for your arms, to
rid my void of woes.

Like a gentle breeze
sweeping over the fields, you
brush my sparkling pearls.

Let me stand here in the driven rain
in an overcoat that's near as old as me
with mind turned inward once again
trying not to feel the pain.

All around as far as I can see
the world is different shades of gray
and it has naught to do with me.
I wonder how this came to be.

As each year goes on its own way
I find I become more alone,
time washes all I love away
just like the rain on this wet day.

Everything looks
ambitious whenever
I walk through that way;

the sun shines brighter
and rays away,
the greens hit the blue
where trees' heads
meet the horizon
at the far extent
while little grass hoppers
jump high,
to greet every passerby.

Even the lazy lilies
bow their heads
and mirror in crystal waters
to reflect the new day.

Here he goes again,
preying with his looks,
savouring his conquests as he sins
then he discards them
when he is tired of the game
and move forward to seek a new prey.
Not regretting his deeds,

he perceives he is the perfect man
envied by others...
When his youth is over,
stripped away by the hands of time,
he will realize that he has been living a lie