Another Lonely Valentine

Birthday candles

Wax on my hands

All these wishes

Keep saying the same thing

Another calendar

Flipped on the wall

Same empty toothbrush cup

By the sink

I dress up for myself

Pretend I’m running late

Set one extra place

Then clear the plate

Alone again

Another year

A year older

Nobody here

Still no one by my side

To love me

To hold me tight

Another lonely Valentine

Table for one

I act just fine

Will I ever meet the one I dream of

Or am I meant to be alone with my love

Red hearts in windows

Couples in lines

Sharing inside jokes

I don’t recognize

I scroll past the photos

Hand

Ring

Rose

Type “so happy for you”

Then lock my phone

I talk tough to the mirror

Say I’m better this way

But it echoes in the quiet

When the lights fade

What if they’re out there

Running just as late

Standing in a doorway

Afraid to make mistakes

What if every empty night

Is moving us closer

Two paths getting ready

To cross over [crescendo]

I blow out one more wish

Don’t know where it goes

“Please

Let me find my person”

Only the ceiling knows