would you be my valentine?

well,



it could be no one else, could it?
and quite simply
i would never ask anyone else
would i?


what if
i should set your place at my table?
would you be ready
once it is tea time
and i have made sure that your sugar is kept separate?
from mister brown shoes
and sister ellison
and even from brumm?


would if i could

is what you would say, wouldn't you?





but

what if
i should keep your place
by the table in the gardens
until you came?


dressed in the colors of all midnight valentines
well, if that's what you really are
not that i should care
by my cup of tea
and your bowl of sugar

and the balcony standing open
to let in midnight

and that sweet melody


there could not be anyone else, now, could there?

just you




would you be my valentine?