Sidney Beck Poet Couplet

Things I Wish People Would Say To Me

THINGS  I  WISH PEOPLE WOULD SAY  TO  ME



Just once for someone to say ‘you have a nice smile’
Instead of ‘what are you grinning at all the while’

Or  ‘you really were  clever to figure that problem out’
Instead of  ‘another lucky shot there, no doubt’. 

Tired of remarks about my coat being  ‘a detractor’,
Just once I  want to hear that it ‘has character’.

And my harmonica music referred t o as ‘damned whining’
Should be praised as  ‘such music has a silver lining’.

Till someone says these things to me,  I will continue awhile
To cleverly wear my coat, and play, and smile.

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Jesslynn Chamberson February 20, 2012 at 10:22 AM As soon as I read this it caught my attention!!! So well written, and while I was reading it I put myself in your shoes and realized that I relate to this poem so well!! Nice job, I want to read more like this!-AddieLynn Sidney Beck February 20, 2012 at 11:04 AM Addie, I am so glad you liked it....yes I figured it would apply to many people......best wishes and thanks for reading my work....Syd