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Valentine Villanelle
I think I knew right from the start
A tenderness for you I'd feel
As through the years you'd melt my heart.
We'd grown up styles and miles apart.
For you, your self was sure and real,
I think I knew right from the start.
For me, my self lacked sense and art;
Your arms drew me with such appeal
As through the years you'd melt my heart.
For us, our selves we had to chart
A full-course life, a feast, a meal -
I think I knew right from the start.
Our path, our peace, our place, our part -
Before our GOD in prayer we'd kneel,
As through the years He'd meld our hearts.
When Valentine's sharp-shot marked dart
Flew fast, hit hard, without ordeal,
I think I knew right from the start
That through the years you'd melt my heart.
Susie Adams Moore