To My Special Valentine
Dear (fill in your name)
I can taste your ruby lips
as my tongue touches them
Your skin feels like silk
beneath the touch of my hands.
(Fill in your name)
Makes my heart flutter when
you speak in your sultry voice.
I love sending you red roses
and pink carnations.
I can picture us
(fill in your name)
As we sit by the blue-gray
waters of Lake George.
We can carve our initials
Oam and (fill in your initials)
In the bark of the tall
maple tree in my yard.
I could go on and on
about our time we
spend together.
But I have to address and stamp
many envelopes for this
special holiday.
So (fill in your name)
I love you more than
any other.
A hand pass out of the pack
Without needing to look back
Holding the premiership cup up high
A banner proclaiming God to run by
Four Margery Medals around his neck
If he was playing a sure fire bet
Six best and fairest for Port Adelaide
A club that bred success that couldn’t fade
Russell Ebert was a legend of South Australian sport
Who shared himself with us without a thought
For he is one for the ages now
A beloved player who knew how.
© Paul Warren Poetry
Acrostic on LAUGH & CRY
L-ike to laugh I would in well and woe
A-cross all aim in life step forward too
U-pon my urging I am wondering not
G-et one gist of hope from coming pot
H-oist I’m hold everything as humane true
*****
C-radle to citadel of death a drop of tears
R-oam for relieving every grief of futile cheers
Y-et howling yawns in wounded pain for intact layers
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