Poem2024-07-25T09:32:52+00:00

Invisible Valentine

By: Jorge Campos

Every year Valentine's Day
comes and goes for me.
It's just another lonely
day of February.

Not once in my pathetic life
have I received a card or a rose.
Well, maybe when it was required
in kindergarten, I suppose.

But never once with feeling
of completeness of life.
Never from someone whom I wish
would eventually be my wife.

Someone to share my life
with every single day.
Someone I could admire
in every single way.

Never once have I ever heard,
"Will you be my Valentine?"
Never even drank out of
each other's glass of wine.

I've never been able to give a
girl a heart shaped diamond ring.
Never been able to write a
Valentine's song I could sing.

Although I'm not a good singer,
at least I can write;
write a poem about me and her
being together every night.

I know what you're thinking,
"I'm not amused."
Or, me trying to be funny
may have you confused.

Anyway, I need to talk about
Valentine's day somemore.
I've never had a girl who I
could melt to the core.

Someone who I could kiss and
hold from sunset to sunrise;
who, if I took her to a Sweetheart
pageant, she would get first prize.

I know that last one
sounded a little cheesy.
But I want someone who E-40
would call, "Off The Heezy!"

But, now I have to get
very truly serious.
I've never had a Valentine
who's scent made me delirious.

Sometimes I wish Valentine's
Day was never even created.
I've felt like I'm the only
guy the entire world hated.

Valantine's day shouldn't
even really have to exist.
Every day should be Valentine's
Day on the list.

I would show how I feel about
her without having to speak;
write "Valentine's Day" on her
calendar for every day of the week.

Say, "I Love You" every
single chance that you get.
And look to the stars every
night to give thanks that you met.

Not once have I ever given
a card that says, "Be Mine."
Every single day of my life
I have an "Invisible Valentine."