Happy Valentine's Day!

Here's one I wrote last year and have been saving...

Romance

I picture romance

As an invisible

(But shimmering) cord

That encircles, protects

And connects me 

To some other

(Vague) figure,

Arming me

Against mundane daily anxieties

(Mostly monetary, or social, or both),

Empowering me

To smile suddenly

And say,

'What do I care, anyway?'

As I secretly tug,

To check

It's still there.

1/11/2010.