My Little Valentines

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My Little Valentines

A Valentine’s Day Riddle –

Query in Rhyme on Valentines Mine

Two Valentines sit on my shelves,

Penned not by gremlins, nor by elves.

Still, Cupid’s arrow struck my heart

With smiles from these two, miles apart.

No tiny feat, each little one

Arrives to share a book or fun.

Such simple pleasures find us there,

Together in my rocking chair.

With cadence measured in a wink,

And penned with dark forever ink,

No misdirection draws them back,

For we have treasure without lack.

I’m on the job, as I must be,

Despite our vast biology.

For my self-portrait, these are not,

But tears and years, our kinship bought.

These dandy youngsters, small and swift –

Their mothers were a wedding gift.

Their fathers, later on the scene,

Were tall and dark and lank and lean.

Mere ceremonies build not ties,

But generations – what surprise.

A humble heart resolves to sing,

“Perhaps I wouldn’t change a thing.”

Two Valentines sit on my shelves,

These precious treasures, they themselves.

For we have bonds we chose to build,

Not those by other vows fulfilled.

I wonder: Can you guess the rhyme?

Who are these two of which I chime?

In case you’re stuck, I’ll offer links

To clear the mystery, hijinks.

Photos c2009 by Nickers and Ink. 

All rights reserved.

Posted in response to these writing prompts:

Easy Street Prompts (“dandy”)

Heads or Tails (“feat” or “feet”)

Matinee Muse (“misdirection”)

Meme Express (“on the job”)

Poefusion (“self-portrait”)

Poetry Train Revisited

Pumping Your Muse (“simple pleasures”)

Three Word Wednesday (“cadence,” “humble” and “resolve”)

Totally Optional Prompts (“ceremonies”)

Writer’s Island (“If I could change one thing …”)

Photo/s posted in response to these photo prompts:

Camera Critters (photo/s)

Wordless Wednesday (any day – photo/s)