Point of No Return
POINT OF NO RETURN
She didn’t say no exactly
But I couldn’t catch her eye
She surveyed the ground
Danced swayed
Looked ALL around
Looked FAR off – clear through the red brick of
Old Main Science Hall
Wrinkles of invention shown
and
a certain element of surprise
Her “High!” had been distantly friendly BUT!
With a definite hint of a hasty
“Goodbye!”
Now?
Now I was sorry I asked
Just a moment of daring
She was SO popular
And I?
The school nerd
Now?
Oh, NOW to be invisible instead of mentally prostrate
before the Queen of Sheba
……………………………………………………………
This isn’t a true story. I never had that much courage.
Copyright © Daver Austin | Year Posted 2010
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