I Just Wrote To Say I Love You

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Because I'm stuck for what else to say!
Writing poetry is really hard
All I can do is quote the bard.

It's much easier to write in prose
But not as romantic, I suppose.
So I'll just try my hand at this
And hope that I impress you, miss!

I can quote Shakespeare
(The one who wrote 'King Lear')
I can quote JK Rowling
Who has quite a fan following

Because, as an emotional ranger
I meet the needs of Hermione Granger.
I have more emotions than a teaspoon
Shall I demonstrate? Shall I swoon?

Would you rather I quote a band?
The Beatles - "Wanna hold your hand"?
Or maybe someone like Lady Gaga
Or Beyonce, to complete my saga.

I've written lines a-plenty
With this one, it's two and twenty
But I haven't even begun
To describe you as the sun.

I better start, or you'll groan
Or worse still -- get bored and yawn
Then you'll put this poem away
Before I've said what I had to say.

So yeah - you are my sun
And my moon, all said and done
And my stars and planets and asteroids
(Which is a word a poet usually avoids.)

You are the flowers in my trees
You are my birds, you are my bees
You are the tomato between the bread
So nice and juicy and so bright red.

I guess you know what I'm trying to say
In my own rather clumsy way
I love you, I love you at work and play
So -- shall I compare thee to a summer's day?