Dismayingly Poems | Examples

Your Cheer Leader

He's your typical 
   all-too-friendly booster
who goes way, way out 
   of his way to bolster
what's left of your stuff 
   when the roughing gets tough,
when your bestest best 
   is never good enough;


impervious to high rank 
   and noble status,
he'll root for you 
   with fanatical purpose;
and yet his skewed sense 
   of what's appropriate
can be so naive, 
   even affectionate;


though he's got bold, 
   chivalric aggressiveness,
something in him is unarmed, 
   so defenseless:
raw enthusiasm bursting 
   at the seams,
dismayingly innocent, 
   or so it seems.