Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Reunion

Thursday band night, popular band,
no work tomorrow, bank holiday.
So the place is packed, hardly room to dance
but most don't bother, content to stand
and chat together. Then away,
other side of the room I get a glance

of a face I recall. Looking bored.
One I yearned for a year ago.
Wore my heart on my sleeve but got rejected.
Now with a man and being pawed
over her bum. What does that show?
I was too restained? I feel dejected.

I look away but there's another
old flame or rather a stuttering candle
that was soon snuffed out for not getting on
with her family especially  her brother.
She's also with a man I could handle
although he's younger. Forget it, she's gone.

I don't believe it ! There's a third
failed romance with some nondescript bloke.
I'm starting to face the sad realisation
they see me as just a pathetic nerd,
that women see me as a sad old joke
and I cringe with a sense of humiliation.

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