A Valentine in Pain

A dream of hidden death,
Embedded in his flowers –
Dripping; drenched in nectar tears

Now the dream of dying soul;
Confined, a trembling heart is
Squeezing out the ember years

And in his dream of youth,
Abounding buttocks writhe,
Acting out the careless dares

But the dream of hideous beauty:
Self-delusion, begging fears

Evolving from an agonising birth, his
Blacker days eclipsing; draining worth

‘So ugly living calls to die –
Forever in the dreams I cry! ’

Erotic debt; a laughing lie
Were done for his –
A blade for sure!
The dreams to cure!

A calming sigh…

And in a smile of pain
He bled and waned
His cold pathetic good-bye