Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.144.15.183
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
I enter the room breathlessly, Somehow anticipating that tonight will change everything. I sit quietly among strangers lost in their own worlds. Cell phones buzzing, coffee steaming. We all glance at watches, Even some that aren't wearing any. The air is electric as everyone is keenly aware That tonight has the power to change the world. I know that my love has not arrived yet, Although I have never met or talked to him before. A tired looking woman beckons me from the back room And robotically I answer her call. And in another room full of people and chaos, I immediately see HIM. He is perfect, though not at all what I expected. Our eyes lock briefly, I smile and wave. I'm wishing I had a mirror and had taken the time to "freshen up." Other women in the room are as obsessed with him as I am. I grab the barrette from my hair, And like every ingenue I've ever seen on TV, I shake loose my curls coquettishly. I think I have caught his eye, but suddenly his entourage rushes him from the room. My heart slows a bit and I feel the color draining from my face. Someone is holding my arm, sensing my weakness. "He'll be back in a minute, why don't you sit down?" I sit and for the first time, I notice HER. Glowing, happy, giggling . . . the center of everyone's attention. And the game just became REAL! For it is she who stole my last love. We make small talk, pretending no animosity exists. Until a door opens, and HE is back. New clothes, blue to match his eyes, And I can't keep a little gasp from escaping my lips. Of course, he flies right into the arms of my nemesis. I move in, touching his arm, briefly holding his hand. Even brazenly stroking his dark curls when SHE looks away. And I see him respond -- glances in my direction, guarded smiles. I am lost in a world where only he and I exist. The room and everyone in it disappears and the two of us are floating away. Without warning, I realize she must have seen our exchange. And the room and everyone in it comes back into focus. I look at my nemesis. She looks back at me. "Would you like to hold him?" she says, seemingly without guile. I cannot help myself. "YES!" I say, a little too quickly and loudly. Unselfishly, my daughter-in-law gives him up. At last, my newborn grandson and I can start our love story. 7/14/2015
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required