Love Poem in the Time of COVID-19
Will you be my Valentine. It is never too early.
My love,
When I marry you,
I know what I’ll say.
My statement will be,
“I’ll love you in sickness
and in health.”
For harder and easier,
For fun and for work.
When I’m nice and pleasanter,
Or a jerk.
In sickness and in health
Until beyond death-do-us-part.
When I’ll propose to you again
And beg for your heart.
Please say yes…again.
Love you, P
To all the quiet value women out there: can you trust a love poem that is drug-inspired? In the time of COVID a lot of people soothe themselves with drugs, alcohol, or both. Their poetry, art, music is then inspired by substances. The poem is thus inspired. Fleeting. Meaningful in the moment but soon forgotten as substance use often erases memory.
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The footnote is a woman speaking to other women. She received this poem, written for her by a lover. The lover wrote the poem while on drugs. The woman wants to trust the sentiment of the poem but fears it is not based on reality. Today the poet does not recall the poem. Drug induced inspiration has erased it from his memory.