A HEART TO SPARE

Deep, deep down in the depth's of the ocean
Lives a creature who thought of a very strange notion.
One morning he woke with this idea to share
I'll search high and low for a heart broken pair!
Then give them my hearts as I'll still have one spare.
A Valentine's gift he so wished to give
For his life was short....he'd not long to live.
Without wasting time our eight-legged friend
Searched the vast ocean for two hearts he could mend.
Well hours had passed....he almost gave up...
When he then heard a scuffle....He was in luck!
A mermaid and merman were engaged in a fight
Arms crossed and teary eyed, fists held tight!
Without haste he scooted ahead
Pleading with them...."A light I can shed!"
Bewildered and sad the mermaid and merman
Stopped to hear the octopus's plan
They could not believe this gesture so great,
Would heal their hearts....yet be his fate...
Then without adieu the octopus gave...
The quarrelsome lovers the one gift that saved...
Two broken hearts departing their ways..