Best Third Wheel Poems
Johnny was my best friend through our early teenage years;
Wherever one of us went the other could always be found near;
Until he found a girlfriend who soon supplanted me,
But because he was my best friend, for Johnny I was happy;
Johnny had a girl
He had a girl
Johnny had a girl
She rocked his world
Johnny had a girl.
Throughout four years of high school I was always the third wheel;
Going off often by myself, leaving Johnny with his girl;
They learned about biology outside the class room walls;
Johnny always had plans with her every time I would call;
Johnny had a girl
He had a girl
Johnny had a girl
Oh, what a thrill
Johnny had a girl.
One week before graduation, coming home from a date,
Johnny never saw the drunk driver until it was too late.
For three months in a coma, I sat by Johnny’s side;
I knew that when he woke up, someone had to tell him she’s not alive;
Johnny had a girl
He had a girl.
I took him to the gravesite so he could see it with his own eyes;
We stayed there for hours so Johnny could say his goodbyes.
Johnny got in his car that day and started heading west;
Nobody has seen Johnny since, I wish him the very best.
I’ve taken care of her graveside for thirty years and more;
If Johnny ever comes home again, we’ll be friends just like before;
Johnny had a girl
He had a girl
Johnny had a girl.
Why is my heart torn?
Why can't I just leave you well enough alone?
When it's just us three, I feel like a third wheel
I don't know what to do...
I try to turn away but then the thoughts haunt me.
Why would he love you?
Why would he choose you over her?
I look at my scars and ask myself, "Is it happening again?"
though my mind tells me differently, you say you love me.
thinking of lying to you to ease the pain.
telling you I don't love you anymore,
even when it isn't true.
why is it so hard to love but not have those feelings returned?
I try to tell myself that I'm being stupid.
Do I need help?
unable to decide if what you say is true.
am I just the whore you go to when you are horny,
or is your love true?
Physical Therapy came in the door
To take him out in the wide hall to walk
He got to go places he hadn't been before
He saw folks that hadn't seen and to them talk
P.T. helped him get up so he wouldn't fall
Nurses came to help him take a shower
All obstacles placed against gray wall
Minutes upon minutes turned into hour
With just a normal old age human ear
We listened to noises in hall by day
If animal outside alerted by brey
Tightly enclosed in hospital room we couldn't hear
The situation sometimes made me feel
As if in this case I was simply third wheel
See them hand in hand,
Together they shine brightly
Smiles on both faces
So sweet and caring to me,
Who could ever wish them apart?
Boy asks for gift help,
Girl matches my craziness,
Perfect for eachother,
An adorable couple,
Hopes and expectations rise.
Gazing gleefully,
Into another's bright eyes,
Example of love,
Now forever together,
May your paths stay bound as one.
Shall we adjourn from the
morning morgue
For pizza and a game of chess?
Rays Curve Along The Earth
It is daybreak
With morning comes the
shining off the layers of the
lake
And mourning the opening of
the floodgates
We went down to the coffee
table
Skipping past the cherry tree
This tree, it served us fruit and
oak
To love and to live beside the
wood
And there we played a game of
chess
[/i/The bishops had fallen but
the castle was gone
The White king shoved the
guardsman pawn
He fell soon after
To roars of laughter
They all adjourned to the
morgue
To the final morgue]
Tea for two and two for tea
Still Café Paris for you and me
We lounged in striped sky blue
beach chairs
Our raking gazes grazed the
summit of the hill
I would not have sat still
But for the girl that had lain
The girl wreathed in flame
Scratched her shoulders and
laughed with the rain
I wondered: did I dare?
Hold her hand and descend into
the uncharted lair?
Gears and Cogs
It was between April and June
I began to build my bicycle
Fitted in a third wheel
By then I couldn't tell what was
true
What was real?
Took her down ol' King's Road
Gave her a short spin
But for the third wheel she
would've broken
She survived, just barely, a
token
The token piece remained
unbroken
I BUILT a house of upside down
I KNOW that lost is lost but
found
She was my house of upside
down
I built her and she built me
We built each other in the
machine
Gliding Through The Winter
Wood
It is nightfall
With dark tags along the
midnight sun
Unwanted but unaffected
She shifts the curves along the
earth
And ruffles up the winter wood
Where I have been waiting
Where I have wasted many a
night praying
And on the tree bark painting
For love and for my love
And the taking of an oath and
tea
What then shall the leaves fall
From thy hand onto the snow
And when shall there be
daylight once more?
For now I shall be gliding
Gliding through the winter
wood
Dark amongst the silver white
I am king and you are queen
In an endless game of chess
And so I thought it’s nice to be alone
Seemingly loving life on my own
Free from a union gone sour
There’s no need for tears to pour
A newly discovered freedom
Free from what’s boring me down
No demands, no ties that bind
An end to lies that kept me blind
And so I thought I found happiness
So why is there still this loneliness?
Seeing couples having so much fun
Around people like me who have no one
But what hurts most I can’t deny
Is to be with you and feel the lies
Sharing laughter when I wanted to cry
Seeing you love her through your eyes
I was there but not really there
A love in the open we cannot share
Green with envy my heart bleeds
I have feelings, I have needs
You said you wanted me around
But you can’t show that you’re proud
To have her and have me, too
Feelings I set aside to follow you
In this masquerade I came to know
I don’t need this love I tend to borrow
It signals the end for all this show
That you and I only know.
One skinny geek, one with stuffing
The third wheel went by “Mclovin”
A wasted girl
Began to hurl
Then the fat boy took off running
I'm sick of being the back up friend.
The third wheel to your duo.
It's been like this since we were kids.
I know, you all have busy lives.
Do you think I don't?
My calander is covered,
And yet I still find time to see you.
Sometimes,
I go out of my way, to make it work.
I thought that's what friends did.
But when it's your turn,
You bail.
Often the third wheel between two people
Rolling along the median of life
The epicenter of two separate goals
Neither lane resembling my own
The wheel that no one wanted to steer
Loneliness on the road of several
Rolling along the median of life
Wake up alone, fix my coffee
sit and ponder the day, New Year's Day
Just another day
Happy day
celebratory meal
songs and sundaes.
third wheel date
animated movie
table top easel
blank canvas
blank paper
blank thoughts
blank imagination
dog stained carpet
chair springs sprung
He doesn't know
Life can't get no better
life could get different
New Year's Day!!
What's it take to get noticed?
Do I have to learn to speak another language?
Or maybe I have to cut out my heart and lay it on the ground for you!
You seem to think that every person in the world is better and more important that I am!
Rain check, I'm a part of who you are. Without me you're nothing but a short little thug
looking for true love.
The love that you always thought was there. That you thought would never criticize you in
any way possible.
Your heart shattered into fifty pieces.
At least it's not a cliche as a thousand or a hundred broken pieces.
It's an insurmountable amount of pain, being the third wheel of someone's life.
I know your name but do you know mine?
I'm that kid that seems to break your heart every time.
I don't know what to call myself because I've stayed too long in your mind and never in
your heart.
I've stayed too long in your love life now it's time to pack my bags and get out.
Throw up my deuces.
You know what that means don't you?
I'm not gonna be picking up my phone now and next time if we ever meet, I'm not gonna be
the one to bleed nor will I leave with a broken heart.
Just me and my fists, cutting through the line and breaking down the tension.
do you remember this place by the ocean?
these coastal mornings with their Arena air
the wind from the crab dock almost strong enough
to be swept away,
running from growling raccoons
randomly reading names on boats-
The way I remember The day you said the word traded,
how it changed us, to me,
you brought me here in your little red car
I knew it wasn’t romantic
Dave passed out in the back seat
You chugging back a litre of water
Like you had spent the night in the Saharan
Even the car smelled hungover
Over there by those big rocks where couples watch the sun rise
Just a few feet from where I am now
You calmly wrapped your arms around me
The way waves cradle the sand
Then said “it was no big deal,”
And my sun set, turning me dark
The way you rationally explained it was “part of the game”
told me you had done this before.
Stood on a late spring morning with your arms around a girl
and told her that you were going home for the summer
like you always do and regrettably wouldn’t return with the fall.
Then left maybe on a greyhound or maybe In your little red sunfire.
I think about that girl left back in one of those little Saskatchewan towns
and wonder if she’s writing you this morning too,
I know about her because you came to British Columbia on a trade
and now I wonder if there is letter on its way
from the town in Alberta that sent you to Saskatchewan.
It’s kind of comforting to know that I’m not alone
To imagine all the girls left in limbo
Writing letters curled up by fire places, from small town diners,
Empty arena seats, front porch swings and, beaches
I’m watching the boats now.
Ships come in and make the harbor beautiful for a moment
and then sail away.
The team still skates everyday at five
I picked Dave up from practice
We had a mountain burger
And a couple of black Russians
I should tell you it ended there
But we came down here
And skipped rocks into the ocean
Laughing about old times
When he was the third wheel
And when he took my hand
I let him; it felt right at the time
So I’m not alone, but lonely
Is there a girl in Ontario who has already fallen?
nobody knows what defines once sorrow and pain without any gain
nobody knows the tears that dry with the wind as they fly to hide the pain deep inside
nobody knows the feeling of losing control of a role you must portray in order
to conceal the hindering truth to set you free
nobody knows when the doors are closed what happens to take place and make
the script that much real ready to deal with on your own
nobody knows the dark and lonely curtains that hang to keep out the light from
pulling the strings of a broken damage heart
nobody knows the fear to hear what once was whole is to be a half of what kept it together all some what years
nobody knows the bond that was tightly sealed would one day shatter the once perfect portrait of a long love affair nothing fair in love
nobody knows matters of the heart less openly discussed closely concealed
nobody knows when to chine in for respect of privacy and not feel like a third wheel on the outs looking in
nobody knows what grows together tends to drift apart all on its own circumstances be it right our be it wrong
The shippers,
The third wheel,
The chaperon,
Intermediary,
The center of all the waggeries,
that "singles are bitter",
because they aren't inlove,
or haven't fallen in love",
Have you ever tried,
to sneak on their mind?,
If they really don't care about love,
Or are they praying for someone to come,
And bring them some love,
Some of them are in pain,
For feelings that are not repaid,
Some are just waiting,
believing ,"God has better plans"
But most of them are real lovers,
that holds strong in fate,
With faith,
They hold in their heart a great love,
A love nobody dares to feel,
In a heart that no one dares to know,
a love That would surely last,
more than this life time,
The moment
When your life flashes before you
Do you then realize what you've missed out on in life
Do you then realize who you true friends were
They didn't leave you behind
Every time you walked
Or totally ignore you to stare at their boyfriend
Though you get the whole boyfriend girlfriend thing
You shouldn't have to feel like a third wheel
Let alone a burden
The moment when you life comes to an an end
Do you then realize you never really lived
Do you the realize how scare you were to open up
To give someone your heart
And let alone fall in love
The moment when your time to go arrives
Do you realize that no one will miss you
The moment