Happy Valentines Day Love
During the many seasons of my self love journey, I spent numerous days meandering the New Jersey coastline. While combing the beach in Bay Head, New Jersey during the spring of 2018, I came across these sea shells arranged in a heart. My meditation spots are chosen randomly, yet that evening I was guided towards this specific area. While trying to find a quote to tie into the photo above, the first one I stumbled upon was this: "the best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our mind." Apparently it's from The Notebook, which yes, I've reluctantly seen. What if we stripped away the romantic/hollywood aspect of it and applied it to ourselves? Has a much different tone to it now if you ask me.
We tend to focus on Valentines Day as this holiday that celebrates couples and relationships. Meanwhile there’s a whole society of single people out there, mustering through their own shit and inner emotions. The day can be triggering for some people. For me personally, I’ve worked through a lot of the hidden meaning behind it and now look at valentines day as just another day. A day to celebrate if you’re in a happy, loving, healing, evolving relationship and also a day to celebrate if you're happy being with your bad assery single self.
This love yourself poem is my dedication for all the people living life as single.
valentines day
who’s to say
that being single is so bad
and having no-one is so sad
the relationships you see
aren’t always full of glee
be happy that you’re single
and not stuck with some dingle
draw yourself a bath
or take the netflix path
and celebrate this day
by living life your way
eat a warm baked cookie
or find yourself a wookie
spend some time in nature
or climb an ancient glacier
be mine
you’re so fine
damn little candy heart
just makes me want to fart
buy yourself a card
and mail it to your yard
buy yourself a flower
and reclaim your fucking power
why do you want to kiss
a prince who’s just a miss
why do you want a queen
who’s fixed on being mean
valentines day
who’s to say
that being single is so bad
and having no-one is so sad
so cry if you may
but remember on this day
that everything you need
are in these words for you to heed
happy valentines day love ...
My latest self published creation “From Heartbreak to Heart Awake”, is a self healing book / journal featuring my own self love poetry, thoughts and word prompts while I recovered from the heartbreaks of my past. Its main intent is assisting the reader to get over heartbreak during their own journey of healing, or reopening a past currently being played out in the present. You can purchase it by clicking the link here: Amazon Author Page.
