Valentine's Storm....

It's snowing heavily today. I like snowstorms. I'd like them better if I were at home sipping a hot chocolate under a fleece blanket as I watch from a window. Alas, I'm here at work trying to stay warm in this cold empty lobby.

It's Valentine's Day. I've envisioned red roses and lilys coming to me but I know deep down inside they won't show. It's just something I can't shake. Letting that go is too far deep in my subconcious. Virtually impossible.

Single people think that all those with partners will have a wonderfully romantic day today which is so not true. Some of us who've been married for years to unromantic partners have the hardest time with holiday's such as Valentine's Day. Mostly because we think of what we'd like to happen but sadly, it never does.

I don't know why, but I'm feeling down today. Sad thoughts lurking where they shouldn't be, I suppose.
I am grateful for all that I have though.
The Last Words of a Woman - by Robert Browning
I.

Let's contend no more, Love,
Strive nor weep:
All be as before, Love,
---Only sleep!

II.

What so wild as words are?
I and thou
In debate, as birds are,
Hawk on bough!

III.

See the creature stalking
While we speak!
Hush and hide the talking,
Cheek on cheek!

IV.

What so false as truth is,
False to thee?
Where the serpent's tooth is
Shun the tree---

V.

Where the apple reddens
Never pry---
Lest we lose our Edens,
Eve and I.

VI.

Be a god and hold me
With a charm!
Be a man and fold me
With thine arm!

VII.

Teach me, only teach, Love
As I ought
I will speak thy speech, Love,
Think thy thought---

VIII.

Meet, if thou require it,
Both demands,
Laying flesh and spirit
In thy hands.

IX.

That shall be to-morrow
Not to-night:
I must bury sorrow
Out of sight:

X

---Must a little weep, Love,
(Foolish me!)
And so fall asleep, Love,
Loved by thee.