Just To Let You Know
I’ve eaten the chocolates you brought last night
in the box that was prettier then the taste of the candy
oh…
forgive me, I don’t mean to sound ungrateful
but...
I’m not that kind of girl you know
one who is bribed by roses and Whitmans
nor...
am I likely to fall for fluid practiced lines
meant to make a girl swoon and fall in love
for a careless hour of your time
with your hungry, shallow anticipations…
of removing my pearls and chemise
you know…
the one who waits with excited expectations
for your silvery seductions...
just yearning to be seduced
by your lover boy’s touch
or …
for a midnight tryst
that ends before it even begins
oh yes...
I see your majolica, opaque heart
It reveals the opacity of your dull mind
nay,...
you interest me not
my heart rises to the golden boy
the one who laughs with his eyes
and...
he really does see me with his heart
the one who listens- who knows the color of my eyes
he spends $1 on my favorite kind of licorice
not…
$20 for a meaningless box of chocolates or…
roses meant only to impress
he's the one who learns quickly
he really wants to know things about me
those little endearments…
you know...
like what my middle and last names are
he knows and sees what I have to offer
it will be appreciated by a true heart
for I am not an empty headed
young, seductress
waiting...
to sweep you off your feet
with empty lines and ploys
no...
I am not that she
who expects fancy gifts
unloading your checkbook of it's contents
putting out her soul for sale
no...
I'm not some plastic Tinker toy
you put together and then pull apart
so…
I think I’ll just wait until he comes along
If not…
when I’m alone I’m happy
the smell of the dogwood
their fragrance in the breeze
I’m okay with just being me
Copyright © Anne P. Murray | Year Posted 2012
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