The seductive atmosphere of St. Valentine’s Day!



By Stanley Collymore

I promise to love you in every conceivable way that

there is and moreover for as long as I humanly can;

never to intentionally lie to you, emotionally

deceive you, cause you personal anguish

by my behaviour towards you –

whether thoughtlessly or otherwise

embarked upon - and to let no action,

come what may, heedlessly essay

to ever split us apart or unduly

sway what I personally and

powerfully feel for you

and treasure most

deeply within

my heart.

But also permit me to candidly say that as much as

I resolutely care about you and me being together

as one; profoundly respect and passionately

love you in every way that it’s possible

for a woman to ever love a man,

and in that regard where you’re

concerned I categorically

do, I none the less do

intrinsically need to retain something for me

that’s exclusively mine, and which I really

can’t or won’t ever let go of, however

persuasive or engagingly so the

seductive overtures and the

complementary Siren

Song might be of

St.Valentine!

© Stanley V. Collymore

8 February 2015.

Author’s Remarks

This poem consciously written from a female perspective and assuredly as well my longstanding (from puberty onwards into adulthood actually) and committedly held point of view that in the arena of love absolute equality must at all times be an undisguised pre-requisite and salient factor in all amorous relationships between the two genders of our distinctive human race, is none the less dedicated to all those – whether committedly, casually or hopefully so – who at this time of the year are recurrently and ritually turning their concerted attentions and romantic designs to matters of the heart.