Have a heart - and a poem

Thank you, Dr. Rodkey.

The devout Press reader and letter writer shares some timely words of wisdom today. He writes about chivalry which never dies; about the need for real respect to permeate the calendar year, not just one day of one month known for romance.

We won't attempt to improve on the good doctor's message, but we would like to augment it with the sweet sentiments from our favorite modern poet, Chile's Pablo Neruda.

Here's to you this Valentine's Day.

Two Happy Lovers

Two happy lovers make one bread,

a single moon drop in the grass.

Walking, they cast two shadows that flow together;

waking, they leave one sun empty in their bed.

Of all the possible truths, they chose the day;

they held it, not with ropes but with an aroma.

They did not shred the peace; they did not shatter words;

their happiness is a transparent tower.

The air and wine accompany the lovers.

The night delights them with its joyous petals.

They have a right to all the carnations.

Two happy lovers, without an ending, with no death,

they are born, they die, many times while they live:

they have the eternal life of the Natural.