Ode To Paige Poem by Godfrey Torrance

Time spent
Days end
Moving to a dark place

A sad, inevitable truth
Loss of love
Risks not yet taken

Mine
for a short time
She was

Long before she knew
Her current suitor
Laughter and glee
Lost in the midst of mistakes
Hidden by the silhouette of her known hope.

What did I do wrong
In order to not attain such a beautiful being?

Where did I leave her?

Right there, waiting, wanting I was
Certain she would come around
Certain she would not fall into the arms of a close friend.

Wrong I’d been
To assume such things
Right I am to be tormented by such things
The end of the night, the beginning of the day
Followed by the same sad truth.

I loved her first.

All her days and ways
All her attributes, and flaws
Everything about her
Perfection.

Now, to prom they go
Join them I will
But with the same empty hole in my heart
That can only be filled by her.

The past haunts me
My heart is damaged beyond repair
Does she not see the flaw of her actions?
Does she see what has been done to me?

I do not think that she will sing to me.
Her voice numb, hands silent.
She’s tries to scream out
But she can’t.

The midnight memories of prom
Are chilling to me
Me: dateless
a sixth wheel

All because of him
The one who ruined it all
All the chances I took
All the words that could have been said.

I failed, once again
To impress the one true thing in my life
I am lost.