Saturday

For Last Poet Standing
week 4: "It's valentine's day and I'm at last poet standing"

Saturday

It's Valentine's day, and I'm at Last Poet Standing,

but that's ok, because on Saturday, you'll be here

 and we'll have our own day of love

St. Valentine can take a number

No one remembers who he was

Or how he died.

it's just a day, full of red hearts and stuffed bears

 and chocolates, always chocolates.

It's Valentine's day, and I'm at Last Poet Standing,

but that's ok, because on Saturday, you'll be here

 And  I can wait a day or two  to hold you in my arms.

Every day might as well be

a possibility for Valentines with you,

biking two miles uphill

getting lost in the windy berkeley streets

to bring me a chocolate muffin

when I’m sick.

It's valentine's day, and I'm at Last Poet Standing,

but that's ok, because on Saturday, you'll be here

It’s a five hour trip, from your home to mine

but we’ve made it work in longer spaces

Utah is nothing compared to Brazil

no phone calls, just love letters

like the one my roommate wrote you

and laughing, I sent

along with mine.

and you laughed.

And wrote that you loved me.

It's Valentine's day, and I'm at Last Poet Standing,

but that's ok, because on Saturday, you'll be here

And I love you.

going on four years since you asked me out in an email

and I said yes, yes,

and the secret is, I was going to ask you the next day

but you beat me to it.

and the whole ward

turned out to have been taking bets

since my sixteenth birthday on when.

It's Valentine's day, and I'm at Last Poet Standing,

but that's ok, because on Saturday, you'll be here,

And like little kids we’ll go running through the melting snow.

We’ll drink hot chocolate

and talk about

what we’re writing

the worlds of words

full of love and loss, light and shadow

and of course-

epic adventure

and possibly dragons too.

It's valentine's day, and I'm at Last Poet Standing,

but that's ok, because on Saturday, you'll be here

I love you, I love you two

Three, four, and five

I love you more than Bacon

and Nutella

and that’s saying something

you laugh,

but it’s true.

It’s Valentine’s day and I’m at Last Poet Standing

but that’s ok, because on Saturday, you’ll be here

 and we'll have our own day of love

St. Valentine can take a number.

Don’t need a card with kittens on it

or fancy flowers-

Any day is Valentine’s

so long as I’m with you.

So, Saturday- hurry up.