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valentine's poet

April 10, 2024
By jupiterbeckett SILVER, Toronto, Ontario
jupiterbeckett SILVER, Toronto, Ontario
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i’m just valentine’s poet
i’m here for your gain
i’ll write you a love song
from my rosy chains

my heartache will harmonize
with your voices
so if you seek quiet
this place isn’t it

chorus: da da da da da...

i am cupid’s ghostwriter
he asked me to sing
a little old fantasy
from far off spring

my daydreams bring daisies
my touch brings me ash
i’m pouring my heart out
and that, love, is that

da da da da da...

i am eros’ wordsmith
his muse i am not
oh how must it feel
to be loved by a god?

tender and quiet?
passionate and loud?
could i write a song
that would make them all proud?

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aphrodite’s my patron
she pays for my songs
i sleep in the day
for i write all night long

divinities love me
the sacred do too
a gods favourite mortal
what a life to choose

da da da da da...

you can tug at my heartstrings
and dine on my soul
i know you still love me
i know that it’s so

i’ve been nothing but loyal
i promise, i swear
don’t cast me away
i have one last prayer

da da da da da...

i am death’s favourite poet
while my body rots
so as long as i’m bones
you can call me a god

a god’s favourite mortal
a lie i had sung
they throw us away
when they decide they’re done


The author's comments:

“Valentine's Poet” is about a mortal who becomes “the gods' favourite poet”. However, when the gods decide they've had enough fun, “Valentine's Poet” is cast out from whatever divine abode they took up residence in. This song is not about one pantheon in particular, as it mentions both Greek and Roman gods of love, as well as St. Valentine. Readers are free to interpret the song however they want, be it literally or metaphorically. I would love to know how you interpret it!


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