For You on Cupid's Day

Not all 100 hearts are valentines
lined up outside your door,
so ask them in for tea and cakes
while I explain some more.

10 are the hearts of couriers, each one brave and true,
bringing public proclamations of the love I have for you.

24 are the hearts of fairies with gold and silver wings
who carry from me to you an emerald lover's ring.

15 are the hearts of woodland imps, whom you see standing there,
that I’ve sent with wildflowers to braid into your hair.

20 are the hearts of troubadors, with voices pure and
sweet,
to sing the songs of love I wrote then lay them at your feet.

30 are the hearts of Kings and Queens I met along the way
who wish to meet my Princess before this Cupid's day.

One is the heart of a beggar
standing at the end of the line.
The beggar is me…..and I’m begging,
“Will you be my Valentine?”