Valentines'

Valentines Day is associated with a massacre,

Yet, somehow the day got translated into a holiday

for lovers,

The association seems vague and strange,

perhaps it is because love can become a plague and emaciate

the heart, making it immobile as if pinned with darts,

Valentines' all over the world succumb to to the commercialism

of one day, when kindness, love and appreciation should exist

always............
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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February 12, 2011 at 8:13 PM
Margeret, you are so right. I guess a lot of people don't take the time to figure out where this Valentines' thing came from. I agree with you, love should be shown, appreciated and given always, not just on a day that did not originate because of love in the first place. Love and blessings. Joy (Jew)
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