My Valentine

How often I have neglected to give

thanks for your unconditional love,

true dedication and respect.

How often I have neglected to

thank you for being a wonderful

wife and mother.

For you have been my friend, my lover,

the backbone of my existence for all

of these years.

Roses, candy, decorated cakes, flamboyant

parties, gifts of diamonds, rubies, traveling

to an isolated island with beautiful flowers

and perfumes.

This would seem like the perfect gift to

give someone as special as you. Because

I know you so well, you would prefer to

continue seeing the gleam in my eyes

every time I come home from work.

You would prefer the soft touches and

agreeable glances that we give each other

as we sit at the table having breakfast and

snacks.

You would prefer that we continue to see

in each other all that's required to sustain

this blessed union..

Knowing all of this, you are still deserving

of all the gifts.

For you are a very special Valentine,

you are mine.

Your Loving Husband

Poetic Verses By Gamaliel H. Gooding

Copyrighted 2009