'One Little Dance' Poem by Becky LaPrarie

I met you in a pub all dressed
In a suit and so handsome were
You that wonderful night

You asked me to dance I could not believe it
I accepted and we danced the whole night through
We were so young and alive then

You asked me if I wanted to go for a ride
See the moonlit night and walk the
Sandy beach-see the lovely ocean shore

I was so proud you liked me and wanted
To spend time with me I felt so happy inside
We walked and held hands nothing seemed
Wrong the world we left outside

You bent down to kiss me
But I did not know that wasn’t as
Far as you wanted to go

I felt such shame when I felt your hand
Slowly open my blouse
No one had done that before

I could not refuse you for I would
Be so afraid to lose you and the attention
You were giving to me
You were the most handsome
Boy I had ever seen

You brutally taught me about love
You had none for me
You took my love in vain

I loved you so much I thought
But now here I sit on the beach all alone
My clothes torn my hair a mess
And my most precious gift given by God taken
What a horrible thing to take
And then walk away
As if nothing mattered to you

Now I spend my entire life
Wondering if all men are like you
You took more than my virginity that night-
You took my pride!
©Copyright 2006 Becky LaPrarie