Valentine’s Day

A day of love,

Filled with doves.

A day of couples,

A day so dull.

For people like me,

Singles with pleas,

Our hearts so pained,

Our face tear-stained.

A day of grief,

Filled with mischief.

A day of the lone,

A day of groans.

For people like me,

People so free,

Our stories untold,

Our hands so cold.

And so I write,

My latest plight,

My lonesome day,

A day for the gay.