A Valentine's Day Elegy

You have, to be sure, known pain and fear,

And the anguish of failure and frustration are near;

Yet your eyes read companionship not distance,

Your home beckons forth, with no hint of resistance;

Indeed, your cloak, though threadbare, is half mine,

You are my friend, and I, most assuredly, am thine.

Tristan Gylberd