14th February 2012

Dear Love,

You are so much

more than bloodshot petals

and melting

chocolate
hearts in February

You are stronger

and more enduring

than your teenage lustiness 

You ripen steadily in our hearts

nourished by lessons on the way
so that one day we wake

and see that it's the daily acts

not the loud declarations

that is what you meant all along 

You are kind

You give

You open

and you

don't necessarily have to be written across the sky 

You just are 

in someone's eye,
or whispered, 

or from their purse,

or you silver-line a soul
by jojobee

jojobee