Dear Marissa,
Why did I see you crying at the staircase of your block?
Why did you stop at every level, and stare at a wall, and then start crying?
Did it have some significance?
Did something happen at that wall?
Why did you stop at the 2nd level flight of stairs and totally break down?
Why were you leaning against the wall there for such a long time?
Did something special happen there?
Why is it everytime you come out of your house, you stare at the corridor?
Why is it you always walk so slowly down the stairs,
As if cherishing a moment?
Why do you put your hand to a particular wall on every level and start to cry?
Why do you stop eating properly?
Why are you so lethargic everytime I see you?
Why do you hate it when you hear the song "Collide"?
Why do you hate it when you hear the song "Breathless"?
Why do you hate it when you hear the song "No Promises"?
Why do you look away when I mention the song "1, 2, 3, 4, I Love You"?
Why do you put the song "What Hurts The Most" on repeat in your iPod?
Why do you always read your Saved Messages over and over again when you know it all ain't coming back?
Are you still hoping it will?
Why do you cry when you read your Saved Messages every morning?
Why do you flinch whenever I mention "Basketball"?
Why do you always hold your phone in the mornings while going to school,
When you know that nobody's gonna text you but your mum
Or perhaps somebody not as important?
Why do you go to church (your favourite place) looking sad and unhappy?
Church would always cheer you up if you were down.
Why are you stopping 11.30am masses on Sundays?
What's going on?
You used to always go for 11.30am masses.
What happened on the 3rd of February that you cannot forget?
Why aren't you doing anything for Valentine's Day?
At this time, you'd probably be busy like every year you were.
Why do you refuse to delete the Training photos from your phone?
Why did you not finish reading Twilight? I know someone was supposed to lend you the book, but since you've already got it, why did you stop reading?
Why do you flinch at the word "Ice Cream"?
Why are you reading the same letters everday?
Who wrote the letters?
Why were you staring at a watch you never used on Wednesday?
Why are you online so late on Saturdays?
Marissa, what's going on?
Why are you so affected?
Is this a big thing? Something that has affected you so badly?
Why are you wasting your tears?
Its not worth it.
You never know what you've got till its gone.
But when it comes back, you'll treasure it even more.
Cheer up, girl.
We're behind you all the way.
You're loved.
: Anonymous.
Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
An alternative theory from Belarus states that the holiday originates from the story of Saint Valentine, who upon rejection by his mistress was so heartbroken that he took a knife to his chest and sent her his still-beating heart as a token of his undying love for her. Hence, heart-shaped cards are now sent as a tribute to his overwhelming passion and suffering. [1]
The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.[2] The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th-century America was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.[3]
The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas. The association estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines.[4]
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