THE ONE YOU HAVE SELECTED

Poem composed on April 2, 2009

The dark curtain and silhouette parted
As ‘The Godfather’ theme song started
Guests making grand flashy entrances
As the charity party commences

You and I caught the existence of each other
At the same time… in same way…
Yet immediately you looked away
Walking away… towards… ahh… her…

The blitz from the cameras were blinding
Just like your tender touch around her waist
In a pose where fiery affection so ablaze
Captured in photographs of everlasting…

Struck, I realized what was happening
The sudden eureka kept me gazing
Shocked, I made my way to the side
Out of your way, out of your sight

As if a flamingo she was dazzling
In her glamorous sway strutting
In the dark corner of the ballroom shaken
I realized that I was merely a scruffy raven

In this drama, she was the paraded main actress
Whose company you seek forth in public gatherings
To fill your prime time Friday and Saturday evenings
While I was as if the hidden spare time mistress

Once again outside the ballroom
Our path crossed in the atrium
You said I behaved as if a stranger
Yet haven’t you yourself grown colder?

Her natural born charisma matches that of yours
As much as her running speed matches that of yours
In the same activities you and her go side by side at par
What can I say but she’s the best for you thus far

So forgive the stranger attitude in my ignorance
And the cold icy persona in my silence
For those are my language of passion
In wishing you and her a happy union

Forget about the poems I wrote you
Forget about the moments we shared too
Coz’ in fantasy I hold you close and dear
Yet in reality you hold her close and dear

Inside my heart were screaming rolling thunders
Unwilling to lose such a good person of character
Yet at the end of the day, there was no need to ponder
That the one and only best for you was definitely her

We parted at last… When out of the ballroom she emerged
In which immediately you responded with a sudden urge
Left behind, I watched the back of your shoulder
Disappearing… away from me… towards her…

As a wave of emotion engulfed me so true and tender…
I closed my eyes having finally accepted …
That the one you have selected…
Is not me but her…

This poem is inspired by a true experience… With 80% accuracy and 20% dramatized effect. I love sweet sorrow…