I AM WRITING TO ST. VALENTINE

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Awake Verona!
Can you hear the ringing hearts?
Peep through your curtains to see the widening space.
Who dug it from the nearest distance?
Listen to the voices from the most coupled lives.
Oh dear Valentinus!

After you have lived from prison cells to the darkest cribs
Tell us that you have the key.
We will throw goblets.
Let the wines design our billowed linen.
Not an ounce of passion will leave to stay without us.
Oh dear Valentinus!

Say to the wind,
Speed with love alone.
And to the rains,
Should no guage of affection miss.
We have seen how lovely your grapes grow in our bonded hearts.
Oh dear Valentinus!

Your smartness tells us that even without an invitation
Your scripts flew into our shores.
With accessories from Rome,
Look how the natives smile.
Candles are the new charcoals in my native land.
Oh dear Valentinus!

Mother's wrapper wants a flowing ball.
Father's loins await your suit from Italy.
But,I must wait until after eighteen.
My love'll sew flowers for our dress today.
Let only roses live for the love that you bring.
Oh dear Valentinus!

HAPPY VALENTINE