754111  Poems Read Home Login

 Contemporary poetry by Dan Donlan

THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER


A tiny cute girl with Blondie curls
This second grade boys heart did whirls
I delivered papers just to pass her front door
But this little boy she did always ignore
I was one of the Three Kings school play
But a star--a voice that crooked, gave me away
She was Mary--sang to baby Jesus, star of the show
My part over off in the audience I did go
At the tent revival two rows back I sat
Her look of disdain hurt and I moved back
One day I got the nerve and said you look great
She said, You're not in my class would never date
In her middle twenties I saw this girl again
Abused and beaten three times divorced and thin
Not the same girl in a life of losing would never win
Now she is seventy, no smile, bent over, unseeing mask
Sometimes we make choices she was right never in her class









©2000 - 2022, Individual Authors of the Poetry. All rights reserved by authors.

Visit My Home Page | Start Your Own Poetry Site | PoetryPoem
[ Control Panel ]  [ Today's Poetry - ALL Poets ]   [ Search ]



monique Message from Monique - Free videos for your poetry. Check them out Go to Poetry Poem youtube channel and get the embed  
YouTube
dreamweaver POETRY BY KRIS ~ DREAMWEAVER - ~WELCOME TO DREAMLAND~ Read my Poems to Know me. I am in my poems.  
dreamweaver
poet5170 Poetry by Elsie - *WELCOME TO MY WORLD* ~ Read my poems full of fact, fiction and fantasy.  
poet5170
malibupoetess Life Lines by Malibu Poetess - Straight forward prose and poetry on life, love, joy and disillusionment.  
malibupoetess
norrie5 Message in poetry - personalised poetry, red heartshaped bottle extra special gift for a loved one  
norrie5
waterdragon Our Next Poet Laureate! YAYA! - Remarkable contemporary poetry by award-winning author of Out of Cullen Street (A House of Madness)  
waterdragon
athanase Poetry by athanase - Feedback and critique requested.  
athanase

bonafidepoet     poetic2984      poetry2071      yosph      mypoems477  View All Poets
Newest Item: Time 3/8/24
Making noise for absolutely no logical reason whatsoever Severed from the v ... More
Added: 2024-04-17  My Poetry List  PoetryPoem.com      Get a Free Site       Blogs     Stories     Premium Sites