I'm Far Too Shy to Tell You that I Love You2

February 8, 2016

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Valentine’s Day.

Today’s poem is about a teenager asking someone for the first time to be her valentine.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

I’m far too shy to tell you that I love you
And far too young to know if it is true.
I only know I’m always thinking of you
And hoping that you’re thinking of me, too.

My feelings are a wave that has no shore,
Reaching, reaching for what’s never there.
All I am is yearning, yet what for
Is far too frightening for me to dare.

But this day of love might be a chance
To see what kind of fortune might be mine.
And so I take a plunge into romance
And ask you: Will you be my valentine?

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite the poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/imfar2.html. For more Valentine’s Day poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/valentinesdaypoems.html.

This week’s theme: Valentine’s Day.
Feb. 8: I’m Far Too Shy to Tell You that I Love You