Preparation

Nostalgic dreams
My child hood wish
Commercialized valentines
Is where it exists

A heart shaped box
The guy of my dreams
The details are missing but
It is what it seems

Afterschool drugstore
Valentines week
Shelves of promises
The prospect is bleak

I stand here and sigh
My wish is still true
A box of chocolates
For me, from you.


So when I was little, my dad would always take me to this drugstore to get his perscription filled. It was full of the weirdest stuff, and I loved the chair you could sit in with the armrest that would inflate and squeeze your arm, like at the doctor's. Today we went there again, for the first time in maybe a year or more for me, and I felt very nostalgic. The place looks really different, but they still have an aisle of greeting cards.

They had a display for valentines day, even though it's a month away. I distinctly remember being....maybe 6 or 7 and thinking how nice it would be to get one of those heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. I thought it was so cute and traditional, even though personally I have never seen anyone get one of those for Valentine's day. Looking back and remembering that (And seeing the little heart shaped candies with words on them) made me really nostalgic. And I still sort of wish someone would give me a heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine's day. And maybe a rose. :)

Also, I might not get around to writing Valentine's day poetry when it comes around, so now I'm prepared.