I pick a rose for my valentine. <br /> A flower is my valentine. <br />I pick candy for my valentine. <br />A sweet-sweet is my valentine. <br />I pick gems for my valentine. <br />A ruby is my valentine. <br />I pick a ring for my valentine, <br />rubies and gold for my valentine. <br /> <br />These I choose for my valentine <br />Yet a list ten times is not enough <br />The rose and candy are not enough <br />The ruby and gold are not enough <br />For my valentine, they’re not enough. <br />She gives me her heart, my valentine <br />Her womb and her lips, my valentine. <br />The picked rose withers and candy rots <br />Gold fades and rubies break, <br />But life is given by my valentine <br />The gifts I give are not enough, <br />And my heart she already has… <br /> <br />Copyright © 2011 Leslie Alexis<br /><br />Leslie Alexis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-valentine-an-epistrophe/
