Be My Valentine: What Does That Mean

February 14, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Valentine’s Day, which is celebrated today, February 14^th.

Today’s poem is a Valentine’s Day poem about transcending the loneliness of life through love.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Be my Valentine: What does that mean?

Each of us might walk through life alone,

More lonely than a long-forgotten poem,

Yearning for a face we’ve never seen.

Valentines awake us from that dream,

Are like a sunrise on a world of stone,

Letting us be more than on our own,

Embracing us with love, that life redeems.

No way but through loving might we give

The freedom of our being to another.

In such a mutual sacrifice we live

Needing, trusting those we’re trusted with,

Even as we bind our lives together.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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

This week’s theme: Valentine’s Day

February 12: Vest Your Love in Me, as I in You

February 13: Be My Valentine, for I

February 14: Be My Valentine: What Does That Mean