Lost love

In retrospect, the drop of red paint that fell from my brush

Made a splash that sent the liquid into the air, it formed a heart in midair; it lasted just a moment then disappeared

Like the picture I have painted, of a love which now has ended

Leaves only a heart that is broken

Valentine Business

Lovers

rush out to buy

in mid-February

gushy valentines of red, pink

and white.

Hallmark

makes lots of dough,

as guilty lovers buy

gushy valentines of red, pink

and white

Her heart among the deepest mist,

Buried in sorrow waiting for one last kiss.

Who among the brave can scale the gelled walls?

To capture her heart and to her, love give all.

© Cynthia Clark

what's a drip from a heart to a pond that took my love away from the start / triple ripples emerge silently as if triggered by a young cupid's dart / pink heart, pink heart / she's transparent, thrice beautiful & double smart / gift her my love donating it all from the start / .