The way you smile when you’re shy,
The way you panic when you’re late,
The way you grin when you’re happy…
Your words, they are soft and springy.
They bounced and they landed,
O’yes, they sure did.
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O’ my Ditzy Damsel,
It has been days or months or years.
Yet how you say it is still like the stuff of angels.
Ever since that pho date/ matcha meet/ shortbread shenanigan,
I felt beholden.
To reciprocate such blissful joy –
Of which to have is to hold.
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Somebody once bestowed upon me: You like because, you love despite.
My love, thou art my way, my light, my life.
I would very much like to take thyne hand m’lady.

On this 14th day of February…Will you be my Valentine?

Alexander Shao-Rong Pang

Meaning within: A cordial Valentine’s Day invitation.