"Valentine's
Mantra"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
Febriary 9th, 2006 4:50 a.m. pst
for Liz
Always alone and reflective,
silent amongst bliss
I glimpse The Spectre of Lovers standing blowing a kiss
I arise to respond, but my care melts away
And simple serene sadness puts a stamp on my day
The time spent with false
hopes races anew
No destitute feelings, as the days turn so blue
No soulmates or lovers appear at the fore
And I never believe that I'll live loving more
Then a year or two passes,
finally happiness reigns
I can hold her and love her, my emotion bears gain
Many thanks for her kisses, unadulterated glee
She crawls in my life with unabashed sincerity
I know not if love is a
life lived forever
If The Spectre of Lovers leaves emotion to sever
the ties of terrible times taken from living
Or if love begins slowly, impressed with our giving
My love once scattered cleanly
and surely away
But twas coddled by circumstance, returning this day
And growing to fullness, with gladness sublime
Exhaling pure feelings, back and forth throughout time
In the past, alone, waiting,
but never found love
Looking throughout lifetimes, below and above
But love found me wanting, and kissed softly my cheek
Now I thank her most sweetly, through passionate weeks
The past is a sieve through
which memory fades
The pains and the sadness cut clean with time's blades
But the flowers which bud and bloom bright on the vine
Tell me repeatedly now you are my Valentine
Poetry
2006
