happy valenchyaan's day

i wonder what makes this day
any different from the others?
it has become commonplace
to downgrade valentine's day.

people call it commercial,
a sham and pointless.
but any day i am given
the opportunity to love you,
is a day i cherish like my life.

i like only having one person,
to kiss, to hug, to have.
i like the specialness
that accompanies a day like this,
and a person like you.

i could exist within 1,000 ages of the past,
and travel over every inch of earth,
but i would never find someone as trusting,
understanding and open-hearted as you.

so am i going to shun the day
that gives me even more reason
to imagine a life shared with you?
i would no sooner be a single man again.