Valentine Day Poem by Akhtar Jawad

Valentine Day

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You say don't celebrate a Valentine Day,
Do you love my friend a Serpentine Day?
A day on that the schools are attacked,
Innocent children and teachers are sacked,
A day when places of worship are fired,
Rolling and tossing of flush admired,
We see on the roads only hot red flood,
Various human parts showered in blood,
When only earning member of a poor family,
With intestines came out of his burst belly,
Go and celebrate an intestine day,
Let me celebrate the Valentine Day,
Come on sweetheart let me kiss you once again,
No, don't show an uncalled refrain.
Come on sweet heart my lovely valentine,
Let me drink from your eyes a peg of wine.

You may enjoy the tears of the women,
Helpless kids and fatherless children,
If your thinking is affected and it's infectious
You behave like a frog of a well, ridiculous,
Go and celebrate a quarantine day,
Let me celebrate the Valentine Day,
Come on my children let us sing and dance,
It's you, my joys you may cutely enhance.
Come on my children let me kiss the foreheads,
Let us lit a candle in the darkness of dreads!

You fight for the crescent it appeared or not,
You're a number ignored on the nature's slot,
Try to read what's written on the wall,
Don't see your name in the write at all,
Don't imprison Islam in the funny cages,
It's an elastic ethics for all ages.
Keeping basic principles should move forward,
If you love to put the clock backward,
Go and celebrate a serpentine day,
Let me celebrate the Valentine Day,
Come on my friends and let me embrace,
We need direly to exchange the grace.
Come on my friends we need peace of love,
Flying kiss to the bird, wherever is the dove.

Valentine Day
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: valentines day
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I don't know why, we the Muslims, find everything against Islam? Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said - nikah (marriage) is my Sunnah (Traditions) , one who ignores my Sunnah is not one of us. Saint Valentine did the same thing. However, if this day is celebrated in an ugly and vulgar manner, that is something wrong, but it does not mean that there is something wrong in this day.
Vikipedia
Saint Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, [1] is a holiday observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it is not a holiday in most of them.
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. Several martyrdom stories were invented for the various Valentines that belonged to February 14, and added to later martyrologies.[2] A popular hagiographical account of Saint Valentine of Rome states that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. According to legend, during his imprisonment, he healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius. An embellishment to this story states that before his execution he wrote her a letter signed 'Your Valentine' as a farewell.[3] Today, Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion, [4] as well as in the Lutheran Church.[5] The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day, albeit on July 6 and July 30, the former date in honor of the Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) . In Brazil, the Dia de São Valentim is recognized on June 12.
The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as 'valentines') . In Europe, Saint Valentine's Keys are given to lovers 'as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver's heart', as well as to children, in order to ward off Saint Valentine's Malady.[6] Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.[7]
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bri Edwards 11 March 2019

i'll take a chocolate heart rather than a ripped out heart any day of the week! bri :)

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Valsa George 11 February 2015

In a war torn world, what is needed most is love leading to brotherhood and harmony! Let the dove of peace fly aloft across our troubled skies! A great exhortation to the the world to rejoice in love's victory over hatred and enemity!

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Khalida Bano Ali 10 February 2015

A great message of love, a beautiful poem.................10

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Rajnish Manga 10 February 2015

Hats off to you, Sir, for this wonderful and thought-provoking poem (as well as the elaborate notes) . Apart from its lyrical content, the poem makes a desperate attempt to promote love and harmony in a world which is torn by strife and the blood of humanity. I want to quote the poem in toto but restrict myself to a couple of lines: We see on the roads only hot red flood / Various human parts showered in blood, ... / Don't imprison Islam in the funny cages / It's an elastic ethics for all ages / Come on my friends and let me embrace / We need direly to exchange the grace.

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