Baby Blues
There's a song even for the ones you never had a chance with.
I saw you dancing by yourself at the jukebox,
the eerie blue sheen coating your skin
in neon highlights that made you look alien,
and I couldn't take my eyes off of you.
You swayed back and forth to the beat,
some pop singer's take on Sinatra,
while I stayed in the shadows of the room
and waited for the right moment to pass.
Your bottle was half-empty, amber residue,
and your eyes widened a fraction to see
the unopened bottle I held in front of your face
while the singer belted out a refrain about love.
In another era, you might have smiled in a way
that welcomed me closer like a touch of a hand,
but your baby blues narrowed as if I had no right
even to offer you our world's kind of ambrosia.
The bottle hung from the tips of my fingers
as you turned and tread back to the bar,
and with your escape I wondered just
what the hell I had even wanted from you.
Your song fell softly to a close, much like
a hand letting go of another in peace,
but you were gone, the one who got away,
and all I had was a sad story to tell.
About the Creator
Jillian Spiridon
just another writer with too many cats
twitter: @jillianspiridon
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