the earring

by alexis d - Virgo

friday night, he wanted to go then
but i didn't really have anything to wear
and i wasn't really feeling like it so 
i said 'let's go tomorrow night'
and he was okay with that...
saturday night, we went and
the first place we ended up was
a place called 'the bitter brew'
which is such an appropriate name
for a place he would go to have a beer
we had a few beers and he talked
of times he spent in germany and
amsterdam and the waitress
would come and she referred
to me as m'lady
and i listened to his every word
and longed to be with him in 
all those places where he spent
so much time not being allowed
to be him
and i wondered...
as i looked at the third piercing
 in his left ear 
which remains empty of an earring
because she wanted him to take
them out to be 'presentable'
when he met her parents 
and the earring for the third
hole got lost
so now, the right ear has three
and the left only two 
because he left it that way 
to remind her
and i wondered..
as i listened to him
who would ever want to change anything
about him 
and i thought about getting him an earring
to replace the one lost..kind of a fresh start
and then i realized...
that empty hole will always be
a reminder to me
of what really matters
and what you might really lose
if you quit paying attention.

Birth sign: Virgo
Date created: 2002-08-11 20:34:51
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:33
Poem ID: 69833

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