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Waiting on a Valentine

Student poet shares insights into the quest to find love

Photo by Sugarmaa Bataa

As years pass by with each valentine
I sat and I wondered on so many things,
Especially, if this year it would finally be my time,
For my love life to actually begin

With each passing year of disappointment
I often wondered if it was my fault,
Or if I should just live this way with contentment,
Or I should just put everything on halt

But then I looked back through life
I noticed how far I came in my expeditions
Of how much I have accomplished thru strife,
And how I did not hold my adventures on pause or wait for permission

I lived a good life for the past few years,
I did not need any roses or chocolates
to overcome any obstacles and all my fears
of being alone or having the love life door shut

I will continue this journey alone,
Until the one who the Lord has chosen approaches,
I will brave what life throws at me, the unknown
And pray that when it happens, I will finally smell the roses