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It's not Valentine's Day by juliet martin

It isn't Valentine's Day and my heart dropped to my feet and no one gave me flowers today. I can't wait another 9 months for you to be reminded that you should be nice to the one you love. I don't like chocolate, but that is no reason for you to forget about me. I look through my drawers hoping to find an old ca,rd that you have signed "love from you-know-who." Knowing it isn't you, I pretend it is. I slip it under your pillow to make it smell like you. I text myself, "<3." You would never do that. So I wait, avoiding card shops and  florists, candy shops and candles until February 14...

 

... or I'll pretend It is today.

Sickly sweet by juliet martin

I found this poem that had nothing to do with you. It speaks of cotton candy and lollipops  and gum balls, all of the things that are sickly sweet. In mass they make my stomach turn. Maybe they like more like you than I thought.