Valentine’s Day Greetings

somewhere i have never travelled

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience, your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near

your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully, mysteriously) her first rose

or if your wish be to close me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;

nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility: whose texture
compels me with the color of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens; only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands

It’s the day of love, isn’t it? And what better way to celebrate it than read my favourite romantic poem! (BTW The capitalization is NOT screwed up. Cummings wrote completely in lowercase. He even changed his name to e. e. cummings, yep, lowercase. )

According to me, if we celebrate love, and dedicate an entire day to it, it shouldn’t be restricted only to romantic love. There are different kinds of love; you can love a friend, your family, the ‘special someone’ or even a pet. So why not wish each of them on this special occasion!

Someone who I can’t name for privacy reasons suggested that I change the theme of my blog to something more flashy, something in red or pink to reinforce the spirit of the day. I’m not the one for too much celebration, and I really can’t have a pink theme. Sorry about that m’dear. I’m quite fond of this plain and simple theme. However, any comments and suggestions on this topic will be appreciated.

I guess have been a LOT off-topic in this post, so I’ll just shut up now and end this post with my Valentine’s day greetings and a message for a special someone.

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

Ah Meng, I dedicate this special day to your memory. I remember watching you years back, and it’s sad that today you’re no more. You’ve touched the hearts of millions of people and have been a symbol of the saving the earth campaign, a cause I’m passionate about. You will be missed.

Nora, The Piano-Playing Cat

Isn’t she lovely?