Discount Valentine

© 2014 Mark Cote

store shelf New Years Day
Christmas gone away
sits among the rest
tries to do his best
to not let shadows show

so for weeks and weeks awhile
he sparkles and he smiles
hoping to
impress to you
the coming holiday

they bought roses
they bought wine
but will they ever find
another discount
valentine

it wasn't so long ago
his bursting love would show
never on the shelf
never to himself
there was always love around

and then without a word
the visions that he heard
played with his mind
'til he saw the sign
but then his ship was gone

humbling and shy
before you now am I
another discount
valentine

(bridge)  visions of hand in hand
                 sun setting in the sand
                 it leads me on
                 it leads me on
                 making me skip a beat
                 but will our hearts ever meet
                 I dream of her
                 I dream of her

another New Years Day
seems like yesterday
as years roll by
he wonders why
he fights being all alone

they buy roses
they buy wine
but will they ever find
another discount
valentine