– be forever and a day –
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My Valentine
– be forever and a day –
Of that valentine I ought to write, Holds all the lines I thought be right, And of many times Thru days or night, Be of a love to find Ye sought it might, In every way of love Holds yours and mine, The many years above To validate my valentine, Would find its way to stay The while fate chose in time, And ever so beyond life's play Thus, to validate my valentine, Hence find be forever and a day!
Ode to Marianne,
forever, the love of my life…
© Jean-Jacques Fournier
written in Sweetsburg
February 14, 2022
Image - Source Wikimedia Commons … Music - Chet Baker – my Funny Valentine … Audio – Jean-Jacques Fournier …
Poetry on a canapé 
Lovely.
Thank you Paulette. It gets a little easier to compose these scribbles, when there is a Marianne present in one’s life. Not the Marianne, symbolically pictured representing the French revolution era, but the one that correctly suggests “the better half”…!
A wonderful ode indeed.
It kind of composes itself, when inspired by a most wonderful person. Thank you kindly, Sire!
Your opening lines are brilliant, Jean-Jacques:
Of that valentine
I ought to write,
Holds all the lines
I thought be right,
The words “ought” and “thought” capture the essence of regret and remembrance. Happy Valentine’s Day! The best part of love is that it belong to every day of the year.