Written in my Valentine's card 2016

St Valentine is here again;

See shops overflow

With cardboard hearts

And silver darts

From Eros' bright bow; 

But fifty years of Valentine's

Have gone since first we strolled

Hand in hand

Along the Strand

Oblivious to the cold.

And not a day has passed since then

That we've not been together

In mind and heart,

Even when apart,

For nothing here can sever

A marriage of true minds, becoming

Stronger over time,

Whose truth will run

For years to come -

Outliving this poor rhyme.

               xxxxx

Brian Hick 14.2.2016

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