The most chocolate-and-flowers-worthy reason
To celebrate on this saint’s day is your
Honey-kissed forehead on mine–two bees in
Goldenrod celebrating more
Sweet surprises than we can count. Did
You know St. Valentine’s the patron of bee
Keepers? Me neither. And here–hid
In the buzz of my heart is the un-wordably free
Meaning of your name. To be the one who gets
To be here, make you laugh, frustrate the hell
Out of you, and rub your shins sets
My wings vibrating, and I’m flying swell.
The Greeks and Allman Brothers join my exalt–
Melissa means sweet with just enough salt.