in a challenge to write a poem about Cupid

Fallen

a brilliant bold sun
rose the day I saw Psyche
dimmed when it met her smile
the stars at night
shame-faced meeting her eyes

now don't get me wrong
it was lust unreined

I knew she felt the same
shameless bestial
but it was not to be
oh how I suffered
the years she wandered
the years squandered

now don't get me wrong
I care not for love

the binding the agony
the hearts the flowers
not for me
I am the god of carnality
yet I fell
like any callow school-boy
needing her gaze
craving her lips
undone by love

now don't get me wrong
I enjoy a good meal as any

so there was a celebration
a ritual banquet
forever and exclusivity
promised
and now I am no more
purveyor of lust
I am the minion of Love

in challenge to write a poem about my first love

Darling One

There is in my heart
a bright tiny house
where you yet dwell

There is in my mind
a country lane
where we still walk

There is in my soul
a quiet prayer
you too walk there

There is in my life
an empty space
that you once filled

in challenge to write a Valetine Card verse

Dearheart

in the still of night
in the early morning light
in the evening sun
for the moments we are one

for your promise to be true
for the child dressed in blue
for every single day
in my very heartfelt way

much more than mortal platitude
you have my deepest gratitude
you are my love throughout all time
my dearest Valentine

in challenge to write an un-Valentine card verse

un-Valentined

used to be in love
you and i a we made whole
now there's only me

Valentine each year
forever with you I Dear
lonely only me