RONNIE

by A.N.M. - Pisces

He had long black hair---
With an impish stare...
Bright white teeth
As if he hadn't a care...

Immediately I was smitten
By this quirky kitten...
But not in a sexual way
Per-say.

He made me want to cuddle him tight
Oh, and he was a MESS!
But that was alright.
Often we'd talk well into the night.

He was surely a man--
But with "girlish" thoughts
So sensitive, so thoughtful
And yet torn up in knots.

What little I learned of his history
Is still to this day like a mystery
At such a young age he's been 
Earning his wage and so plagued
By an old man's misery....

I'm afraid he may die
Way too soon...I ask WHY?
Such a lovely young man
Has met such a fate...
But it's as if he's O.K. with it...
As he lives each day with it...
His pain, his acception of fate.

We talk now so seldom
But each time we talk
He is "hanging" in there and so
This long, black haired man
Doing all that he can
Is to me some sort of "hero"

Just because.



Reason for writing:

    A friend of mine named Ronnie.    

Birth sign: Pisces
Date created: 2006-05-03 00:52:22
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:47:00
Poem ID: 71321

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