POEMS: Blue Hawaii and At The Prom

May 18, 2012 · Scotorum

These were written for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. Our theme is Dancing at the Prom, with the added challenge of writing a fable on the topic.

Blue Hawaii was the theme
all designed to make eyes gleam.
High school gym on weekend eve
fine enough for all to believe.

My date had been my second choice.
To ask the first I had no voice.
It turned out she had not been asked
till friend’s interest was unmasked.

I don’t remember who wa playing.
Hard to hear what she was saying.
Foxtrot or the jitterbug
Move your feet or sort of hug.

I love the dances slow or fast
regretted each I had to pass.
My date I thought was more restrained
I hoped no smiles of hers were feigned.

Afterwards, we’d been invited
to afterparty, quite delighted.
A classmate’s parents’ weekend place
to stay till dawn’s sun showed its face.

Lakeside cottage, romantic scene.
On the back porch, moonlight’s sheen.
But I was such a gentleman
we talked for hours and just held hands.

That is all I recollect.
Later on, in a retrospect,
I wished that I’d been more direct
to encourage an intersect.

The moral of this tale is this:
A chance at love should not be missed.
Do not assume love’s unrequited,
You’ll wonder if you were shortsighted;
You’ll wonder if you were both slighted.

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