St. Valentine's Eulogy

Today was one with love
and death
Today was one
of despair 
for ecstasy
of the mundane
without humour
but love. 

When last I saw Him
There was a twinkle in the eye
When last I saw You
There was a smile
For at last we met. 

Life is a hundred-metre runner
and at some moments there are no words. 

We can no longer share
a meal together
I can never
pay you back. 

Though our eyes meet
over candles
each of us passes
like a flicker
in the flame.

First Published 2018 in "Selection"