February Poetry Contest - Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day

Feb 9, 2025

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Across the way

My eyes locked

A girl staring into the stream as if it’s her only escape

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Her fingers clasped onto the stone

Trying to find way to hold her back

A sign of reluctance?

A sign of guilt?

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Her hair grazed her skin,

jagged like glass

Splitting the skin

Eyes succumbed to toxins

The stare of strangers

The weight of pain

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I watch her from afar

My body itches to move forward

To hold her

To be the hand that holds her back,

Or goes down with her

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It’s Valentine’s Day.

Did you know?

The day of love and chocolates and roses

The day you only focus on the ones you love

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Sometimes there are haters

And sometimes you can love them

Maybe because they’re the only ones there for you to love

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I saw a picture once, at a school,

There was a bridge that said, ‘are you sure?’

Many people jump to escape the surface of life

To dive underneath into darkness

The, ‘are you sure?’ is a hopeless way to help

It’s just a writing on the wall

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I don’t want to be a writing on a wall

I want to go and help her

Can I?

Should I?

Should I let her story fold out how she wants?

Or is this not what she wants?

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What to do

I stand up without thinking

I advance till my hand overlaps hers

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Her eyes lock into mine

I feel her imaginary arms holding onto me

Clutching to my body

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It’s Valentine’s Day.

Did you know?

The day she could’ve been home with someone she loves

But she’s here with me

Holding on to me figuratively

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I hold her against me

A hold of hope

I watch as a man approach,

he slips a rose between my fingers

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Her eyes drifted up

The pieces of glass that were once shattered are together once more

I slip the flower into her hand

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This, ‘are you sure?’ Coming to play

Will she change her mind?

Will I go with her or stay with her?

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It’s Valentine’s Day.

We love and we cherish

We hold each other for a day,

Hoping that we can stay like this forever

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That day was Valentine’s Day

Even if it wasn’t official

It was ours

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The day we met,

The day I saved her

And perhaps,

The day she saved me

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Valentine’s Day

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