Arcade

Life is an

Arcade game where

With each step

And every level

You learn one

More thing and

Those many things

Result in prizes

I guess today

I finally won

The best prize

Of your heart

Lucky lucky me

BeMyValentine?❤️ (to you)

Love is grand

A Verdi overture

A twirling waltz

With ball gowns

And black tuxedos

Love is sultry

A Chopin concerto

Written for piano

Violin and harp

Delicate and wafting

Floating high above

Until it lands

Like my fingers

Upon your lips

Love is sweet

And slightly bitter

A dusted nutmeg

On the foam

Of a latte

A bittersweet chocolate

Surprising at first

Disappearing into joy

Love is quiet

And horribly mournful

That wet Autumn

Day when the

World cries too

Knowing you’re heartbroken

Love is everything

Love is simply

Everything to everyone

Infidelities

I have cheated

Yes I have

I have cheated

With those that

I have loved

Then and there

To take my

Mind off my

First love writing

Yes I welcomed

Their distractions and

Yes I entertained

Their attention romance

And intimate interludes

Yes I cheated

But I returned

I always returned

To my one

And true love

For when I

Write I write

Absent of jealousy

Absent of time

Just me with

Me alone deliciously

Alone with me

LastNight

And from the

Dark one scratch

And one flame

Lit a candle

And the room

Glowed as though

The moon broke

Free from late

Night clouds and

I found you

Watching me like

Shoppers mmming at

Freshly baked bread

Knowing even before

Laying down that

You had plans

For us tonight

Adventures and quests

And eventual lullabies

Sheet

And like a

Fresh linen sheet

That has been

Recently unpinned from

A flapping warm

June afternoon I

Grasp you and

I feel from

You the sun

And smell in

You the freshness

And carry you

Inside and lay

You on the

Bed smoothing you

Tucking you there

Where you belong