Here it is, yet again. <br />Just like the year before, and the one before that. <br />Everything is the same. <br />Valentines Day, the fourteenth of February. <br /> <br />Everywhere I look, there are couples. <br />My closest friends receive gifts. <br />I am left with nothing. <br /> <br />One gets a card, simple but meaningful. <br />My other friend receives a small package from a secret admirer. <br />Yet another friend wears a sparkling necklace that her boyfriend gave her. <br />I watch them and other couples, my heart heavy with longing. <br /> <br />I long for a pair of strong arms to hug me, <br />Someone to leave me gifts, <br />Someone to talk to or hang out with. <br />I long for someone to love me. <br /> <br />As I pass other couples in the hallway, <br />I keep my eyes on the floor so no one can see the tears of sorrow that stain my cheeks. <br />Red, white, and pink decorations litter the hall. <br /> <br />Smiling valentines stare down at me in a pitying way. <br />'Alone again? Don't give up.' they seem to say. <br />Hastily, I turn away and continue walking. <br />No matter where I go, those smiles follow. <br /> <br />Why am I so lonely? <br />Why am I the only person left without anyone on Valentines Day? <br />What have I done to separate myself from others? <br />Can it be mended? <br /> <br />Questions fill my head as the day goes on. <br />I don't cuss, like many. <br />I don't drink or do drugs. <br />I don't harass or abuse anyone or their belongings. <br /> <br />What do they see? <br />A freak? <br />A nerd? <br />An innocence that shouldn't be ruined? <br /> <br />I may never know. <br />For now, let Valentines Day come and go. <br />It doesn't mean anything for me. <br />I have been single for many years, and it seems a single I shall remain.<br /><br />BreOnna Schneck<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/valentines-day-21/
