Okay, so I am not a Valentine’s Day fan at all. It has never really worked out to be a good day for me and this year, once again, I do not have a Valentine. I keep thinking that by now some wonderful man would have figured out by now how awesome I am and how I would make the best mate that he could ever meet, but so far, it hasn’t happened yet. So I remain sour on the whole Valentine’s Day thing. So I wrote a poem about how I feel about this day and how I feel about people who tell me that I don’t need a Valentine because I have me. Now please don’t judge the poem too harshly because I haven’t written one in a very long time. Hope you enjoy!
I Don’t Need a Valentine, But I Want One
I like my time to myself
I don’t need to be with someone else
I know that I will be fine on my own
I know that I am never truly alone
All those cliché things people say
So they can soothe you for that day
Yes I know that I don’t need a Valentine
But it doesn’t change the fact that I want one
If I tell the truth which is that I am lonely
Then somehow people think that I don’t love me
Suddenly I don’t see how special I am to others
Just because I wouldn’t mind having an everyday lover
Just because I’m comfortable with being alone
I wouldn’t mind having someone to make my house a home
Yes I am quite aware that I don’t need to have a Valentine
But it doesn’t change the fact that I want one
I would like to be able to wake up with my lover by my side
A person who I can be myself with and never have to hide
Someone who I can feel free to share all of my dreams
A person who I know we will always be on the same team
Yes while I know that I don’t need anyone else to validate me
I would love for a man to finally see what it is that we could be
I understand that I don’t need to have a Valentine
But it doesn’t change the fact that I want one
So while Valentine’s Day can be a joy to most
A day for others to publicly display their love and boast
All it reminds me of is what I don’t currently possess
The truest kind of love, a different kind of happiness
Sometimes it would just be nice to not have to walk alone
For someone to choose me to be the one that they call their home
Yes I do love myself and I know that I don’t need a Valentine
But it’s not going to change the fact that I want one.
© Jimmetta Carpenter
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