Inconvenient Valentine

A chocolate rose

When winter’s

not done

And friends

must stay apart.

This year

There seems

little room

For romance

Or floral art.

You know;

Inspiration

Can be

Unwelcome

For Valentines.

These flowers

Will not open

To the sun

Or prick you

With their spines.

But allusion

turns to truism

Loss of appetite,

And delusion

Keeps lovers apart

Poetry’s not

always convenient

When it comes

To affairs

Of the heart