SLE Valentine's Poetry Contest Winners

And here they are, our three winners for our 2017 Valentine's poetry contest...

Three very different poems.  Thank you to all of you who entered, we appreciate the support.

First Prize Winner:

Written by shortfoxwife in dedication to her husband and beautiful children.

I'm sure this is something you have heard, 

"Love is more than just a word."

When I think about what love means to me, 

Its not about what I hear, its what I see.

My smiling husband, full of pride,

As he gives our son a piggy back ride.

It's singing songs on some old back road,

Living for today, no fear of growing old.

It's painting a picture with my little girl, 

And staring in awe at her cute, bouncy curls.

That ecstatic moment when your man takes a knee,

Promising to love you for an eternity.

Watching movies, making love,

Saying your prayers to The Man up above.

Next time you're brightening someones day,

Remember it's your gestures, not just what you say.

Second Prize Winner-

POEM by Sizzelle

What cliche betrays the heart of the needy, the timid, and the weak?

The silence of the bold is the passion I seek

Heart shaped bubbles and chocolate truffles, empty calories won’t fill the soul

And, if a diamond ring makes your heart sing,

Then you’ve sold yourself for a drop of gold

Oh the impetuousness of youth they say

But the grey and the restless also play

Little games on clever phones

The lucky lovers roll their bones

They turn and turn until the grave

Then gladly go their separate ways

I will not settle for fear of silence

Or tolerate the video violence

The games … the films that you adore

In which you are hero and I am whore

I pity those players trapped by your rules

I pity those brainwashed media tools

Who propagate the Book of Lies

‘Till all we trust withers and dies

They sell the roots of their family tree

For fifteen minutes on TV

My love is mine and all I need

My love is mine in words and deeds

My love is secret and I will not share her name

… For money or for fame

Third Prize winner:

To you  - by Laurel B

It was instantaneous

You blew my mind

How did it even happen?

But there you were

You wandered away a few times

I should have known better

I couldn’t let go as much as I tried

The magnetism was too much

Time went by

I loved you more and more

I tried leaving you

But our friend said you needed me

Then you left

I knew she existed

But it was supposed to have been me

You said we were soulmates

You were supposed to rescue me

But you went off and married her

Then you came back

How could you?

Our love was intense

Our love was ferocious

But was it all a lie?

Was it even real?

We called it a day, it was inevitable

The colour to life has faded

I think of you everyday

My broken heart is yours forever