Wanda Jerideau Poet Ballad

My Complex Valentine

my valentine's day is complicated
because the person that I love doesn't know it
due to limitations and societies norms
I can't really show it
Value systems imposed upon me
so I hide the way I really feel 
and I deal with
emotional fall out and mood swings
you know the kind that discontentment brings.

so I sing, I paint, I think and I write
so that darkness dosn't extinquish my light

so I don't feel anymore than I have to

my love was written on a check and stamped void
and re-submitted but funds were insufficient and insignificant
wait, book mark that and come back to the fact that
unlike you I've never been loved
never been the object of affection of another
or held in high esteem
to me thats like a dream
or even thought of with feelings of caring
or love unless its possible that

the one that loves me has a complex valentine
and the inability to show it
maybe he loves  me and can't really show it
due to limitations and societies norms
imposed upon him and he knows it
so he hides the way he really feels
and deals with the emotional fall out
and mood swings
you know, the kind that discontentment brings.
Loves a complex thing.

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Steve Voorhees February 22, 2009 at 11:28 AM I feel sad that in the end of this....the feelings are suppressed and hidden. If this is a personal write...I hope you are brought together with the person you love despite what "society" thinks--screw them!! Much love, Steve