Just Because

Just because it is cold doesn’t

   mean there is snow.

Just because there is sunshine doesn’t

   mean it is warm.

Just because there are words doesn’t

   mean it is poetry.

Just because words exist

   there is memory.

Just because there is memory

   there is hope.

Just because there is hope

   there are Valentines.

Just because I am incompetent

   doesn’t mean I despair.

Just because the snow melts

   snow drops bloom.

Just because snow drops bloom

   winter dissolves.

Just because winter dissolves

   I am here.

Just because I am here

   I ask, “Will you be my Valentine?”

Just because?