Valentine

 

Romantic love

Seems greatly overhyped,

Unless you consider

The way everything else

Is built on top of it,

Which makes you feel

If anything it’s being

Undersold.

 

The kiss itself

Is not so much,

But a billion-year history 

Lies on each side,

And a boundless future 

May hinge on whether 

The “spark” is there,

Or not.

 

So let’s keep buying chocolates -

Flowers, dinners, rings;

Let’s kiss our way to eternity,

As our ancestors did

To bring us here at all.