Valentine’s Day

This Valentine’s Day

Let’s make translucent paper hearts

And hang them about the place

Let’s bake little heart-shaped cookies

And put neon icing on them

Let’s play that old cassette you gave me

And dance lest the shadows descend

Let’s unfurl a big bright red umbrella

And walk hand in hand in the rain

And maybe, just maybe, I will forget

That long-gone Valentine’s Day

Maybe, just maybe, I will be able to replace

Those memories with these instead