Snow On Valentine's Day
Today is a day for love
It’s a day for flowers
chocolates
and sex
It’s a day to express
how you feel for someone
It’s a day to show
them what they mean to you
It’s a day
filled with red hearts-
Roses
Wine
Soft kisses
Little acts of gratitude
Big romantic gestures
Fancy dinners
Nice clothes
and kinky sex
(or romantic sex for the ‘vanilla’s’)
Some of us will be alone though,
wishing we had someone to spend the day with
We’ll see all the pictures
of the happy couples
We’ll know that they have
what we don’t
It’s easy to look at them with envy
“Why do THEY get happiness??
Why do THEY get love??
Why don’t I??”
But being bitter about this is pointless
Being jealous of the happy couples isn’t productive
It doesn’t change anything
and it might even make you
harder to love
Being happy for other people's happiness
Isn’t something that always comes naturally
Sometimes
You have to work at it
You have to catch yourself;
correct yourself
and practice it
Like a skill you want to get better at
Be happy for their happiness
Even if you’re dying inside
Even if your suffering
It isn’t easy
The easy path is envy
Try the more meaningful path
The one full of gratitude
The one full of compassion
The one where you don’t become bitter
I got a little box of candy
from a coworker a few weeks ago
Well,
two days ago
out of impulse
out of hopefulness,
I wrote down the name of a woman on it
In intent to give it to her
if I saw her
I’ve had it in my backpack since then
I just had a feeling
that I might run into her
I haven’t yet
and I probably won’t,
but I’d like too
If I don’t see her,
then I won’t say anything ,
and if I do,
then I’ll tell her too much
I’ll leave it up to the universe to decide
-C.H.