Happy Valentine's Day!
I've had a bout with the stomach flu and am truly exhausted. Will take several days off to rest up but meanwhile I'll leave you with a poem.

Whispering Falls

Whispering falls over stones of anxiety--
washed rigidly--though invisible, clear, pristine
heard by the pure of heart but by eyes yet unseen.
Whispers, weaving a mournful melancholy melody,
in mists of fogged memories (too soon passed), linger.
Dust of time may cloud our perception, reality.
Did I ever mean to you what you’ve meant to me?
Whisperings increase the doubt that forever surrounds us.
Love’s a stable, able rock in the tides that wash
the dirt and the grime; leaves troubles behind in sand.
Whisperings fall like corpses in a shallow grave
and rumor’s stench, in a whirlpool of ripples, wildly churn.
Let me see for myself the truth . . . loyalties earned.
You were the heart and soul of me . . . internally.
If the truth is it’s over . . . at least do tell me.
Damned, misery oozes, ne’er lets the whisperings fall.
Putrid rejection seeps deep in hollow holes
it’s thirst never-ending; it’s beginning anew.
The whisperings are stilled and ignored or unheard
whenever love takes a stand, lets whisperings fall a ground.

I am one of those 'forever' friends who actually never meets a 'stranger'. However, I'm also a tad skeptical of 'things I hear' for, being deaf, I've not always heard right :)!
So~forgive me 'when' and 'if' I stick my foot in my mouth or my nose in your business. Like a raccoon, I sometimes am just ambling along and YIKES, I'm caught with my hand in the potato chip bag :)!
I try to say what I mean and mean what I say without ever intending to be truly mean :)!
In other words, I love you all and should've sent chocolates :)!
Love,
Sandy