Best Valentines

Warm smiles

Tender hugs

Affectionate tone

Friendly gazes

Teasing remarks

Inside jokes

Playful smacking

Dirty looks

Kind words

Encouraging compliments

Bantering discussions

Special nicknames

Late night talks

Comfortable silence

Long discussions

Fond teasing

Messy fights

"Veiled" annoyance

Bitter thoughts

Bitten tongues

Sorry hearts

Sincere apologies

Willing forgiveness

Peace restored

Love weathers

Good times and bad

Love that is true

Anchors in a storm

Friends and family are the best valentines

Their love is the truest

Their love is the steadiest

Their love is the closest

Their love is the oldest

Their love is the messiest

Their love is the queerest

Their love is the dearest

Boyfriends and girlfriends come and go

But friends and family hold your heart

 Forever more

Unconditional

Old, wrinkled face

Frightening eyes

Wary hands

Stern visage

Unfamiliar personage

Strange identity

New person

Same Doctor

Time passes

Trust returns

Only to fall again

New relationship wobbles

Friendship struggles

As trust seems to fade

Was their love real?

Or was it an illusion?

Betrayal comes

Relationship shatters

Hearts burn in fire

All seems broken and done

Promises broken

Darkness engulfs

All seems lost

Alone in the fire

But hand stretches out

Blue eyes reach across the room

Pieces of her shattered heart

Are offered her again

Eyes fill with tears

Looking up in disbelief

Why?

Question trembles on salty lips

Stern face softens

Sad smile tugs at lips

Eyes old and sad

But full of love

"Do you think 

I care for you so little

That betraying me

 would make a difference?"

Unexpected words

Sudden show of caring

Heart is broken and healed

By words of unqualified love

Love that seeks the best

Love that forgives

Love that let's go

Love that eclipses age

Love that doesn't need romance

Genuine, unconditional love