Valentine's Day Advisory
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Though the love must spread
Today it's no more than for two
Buy those overpriced red roses
From the merchants making a kill from love
At exquisite places take pictures while striking poses
Isn't Valentine's day an iron fist in a velvet glove
Meanwhile an imaginary "men's conference."
To save the man from the demands of the day
And thereafter the wallet exudes no difference
He heftily parts with his gold and silver either way
Therefore show love to the wife of your youth
See her joy even from the humblest gifts from your hand
Let that material gift express the immaterial truth
With anything from a pendant to even a piece of land
There is no love without giving
Your avoidance of spending still hasn't made you rich
The gratitude and reciprocity that you haven't been seeing
Is there in the generosity we hardly preach.
K. Muitherero.
Copyright © Kennedy Muitherero | Year Posted 2021
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