at a corner store she stands a girl my age talking to a bald man twice her age she looks familiar though Im not sure who she is her fishnet stockings and the cheap gold earrings sparkle in the sun. I think we were friends at one time I don’t think he is interested in you I here him say maybe later and I hear you say wait baby don’t go I need to feed my child and my body I do anything you want you know he stops and turns towards you and shakes his head anything huh I hear him say I will be back in twenty minutes you smile and kiss him goodbye you look over at me getting out of my car I hear you call out my name I turn and look at you there is just something about your eyes who are you you call me over . silently I approach you you light up a cigarette and sit down on the curb you say Tiena you don’t remember me do you I’m sorry but who are you you scratch at the ground with the heel of your shoe I kind of figured that I’m nobody don’t worry about it I remain quiet you get up and walk toward the curb the old man returns and you yell out at me that Miss Nobody’s has to go to work I sit in my car for the longest time trying to remember your face just when I couldn’t think anymore it came to me you were the girl I use to play with when we were little you were the girl that spent many weekends at my house you were the girl who I use to tell my secrets too that’s who you were you were the girl that I became to cool to hang out with in high school your the girl that I made fun of because you were different I turned my back on you because you parents didn’t have money you were the girl I shunned when you got knocked up by the head cheerleader’s ex you were the girl my friends called a Miss Nobody I wanted to run after you and say that I was sorry I hurt you because you hurt me I couldn’t believe you would sleep with him looking back now I realize that I was young and stupid and no one deserved to be put down like that not even you you weren’t a nobody it was me because I was afraid that I wouldn’t be a somebody my worse fear was ending up where you are now please forgive me even though I don’t deserve itBirth sign: Aries
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