I hope you don't
mind if I don't buy you red roses,
or a pink balloon
with “I love you” in gold letters,
or take you to an
expensive restaurant,
or make some other
gesture dictated by fashion,
to mark this day
as the one when I remember
that I love you
and remember
to say
I LOVE YOU
in big letters
written in the sky
-
a special offer
from Amazon
to be delivered on
time -
but instead I
shall be there
for every part of
all the other days,
and not just this
one
so commanded by
convention
and packaged for
profit.
