Changes,  Childhood,  Flashbacks,  Holidays,  Marriage Confessions

A Poem for My Valentine

February 13, 2012 /

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Roses are red

Violets are blue

Remember that night

We went out for fondu?

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It was the night before our wedding

And we were needing a break

From all of the demands

A bride and groom must take.

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So, the night before our vows

We snuck away from our crew

And had a quiet dinner

Just me and just you.

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We talked about our lives

That were about to begin.

We laughed and we planned

And we kissed and we grinned.

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That night as we dreamed

as only young lovers can do

I had no way of knowing

How blessed I would be to have you.

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Our life hasn’t always been perfect.

Sometimes the storms raged against our shores.

But you stood there beside me

No matter how hard it poured.

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And when times were good,

Well, you made them better.

Life was sweeter and brighter

When we were together.

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If I could go back

To that fondu dinner for two,

I’d tell my young self

To stop planning what to do.

Because after all these years

There’s one thing I know.

We could never have planned

How deeply our love would grow.

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So, roses are red,

And poison ivy gives me hives,

I’m so glad you’ll be my Valentine

For the rest of our lives.

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