Dear Valentine,
It’s the 14th of February,
a day where we celebrate in love, wallow in love,
shout it to the world -
but I don’t want to do any of that, I just want to write these words to you, for your eyes only.
I never expected to fall in love. you opened a world of colors I never saw. You changed me from black and white to color.
Words fail to describe what I feel anymore. I can only look into your eyes silently, and maybe then you will get a glimpse of how my heart beats for you.
I wish I had the talent to paint the way I feel about you. My words seem to have become stale, and art is the only way I know how to express my sentiments.
I see all the colors and hues and I see us - I see you.
We are Starry Night, a masterpiece people try to emulate but never can recreate our brushstrokes.
I would use red for your passion and the beauty you hold,
pale blue for the kindness your eyes speak;
a light green to show the compassion you hide,
a bright yellow for your never ending smile that erases all my sadness in one look.
a soft purple for your intelligence, when your nose is scrunched and your eyes squinted deep in thought -
and I wonder: can even an artists color wheel capture what you mean to me, what we become when we are together?
You’ve loved me unconditionally, for all the colors I have,
some beautiful, some abstract, some you repainted -
but I felt your love in your touch, in the tenderness of your lips. And, when I needed it most, you loved me with words, handwritten from your coarse hands, reminding me that:
you will love me until all of our pigments fade.