Valentine*

Valentine.

Nothing materialistic or fancy.

I give you a kiss.
It is a tender promise wrapped with sincerity.
A promise of love.
Simple as it is yet still so beautifully intricate.

Here.
Let it burn your tongue
Like acid.
Let it stain your lips
Like ink marking you with my name.

I am trying to be truthful.

Not a ring, a locket, or a beautiful bouquet.

I give you a kiss
Just a brush of the lips like a note,
Passed between lovers
Between the shadows and sheets,
Read into it what you will.

Take it.
Its delicacy crushing if delivered correctly,
A fatal blow.
Understatement.
Taste the desperation eternally,
Sinking beneath your skin.


* i fixed the clumsy line* - Joj