The Prom Date Poem by Caleb Owabor

The Prom Date ❤️💕💕
Dear diary,
It's me again
This time around I've got some good news
I know you already used to me sharing sad news
But this time around it's different
I fell in love
I'll tell you how it all started.

Dear diary,
I met a girl at prom
She was a sweet girl
Beautiful, shy and always on her glasses
But she was misunderstood and always made fun of
Because she was always putting on a hat and was so quiet she barely talked

She was bullied by other girls
Always humiliated and made fun of
There was nothing anybody could do about it
Not if you wanna get suspended from school
It became a daily activity
But she stood resilient
She bore all the humiliation with perseverance

I admired her for her courage from a distance
I wasn't in love with her
Only an admirer
I was crushing on someone else
Someone I thought would love me back for who I am
How wrong was I?

I was also made fun of by my crush
I didn't mind being humiliated daily
The love I felt for her was strong
I wasn't going to give up that easily
The more I tried the more I was rejected

The girl with the glasses was the who came to comfort me when I was rejected
I always showed my appreciation to her
I only saw her as a friend and nothing more
She wasn't happy whenever she saw me going to meet my crush
Knowing fully well that I'll be rejected as always
It always hurt her when she saw me being made fun of

Prom came and everyone had to pick a date
I asked my crush to be my date
But she told me that she was already taken
Besides she wouldn't wanna go to the prom with a loser like me
I was heartbroken when she mentioned that to me
I didn't know what I was gonna do.

The night of the prom everyone had a date except for me and a girl sitting far apart from me
Her face looked familiar but I couldn't quite recall where I've seen her.
The whole school seemed to have fun while I felt left out
Like I was always felt
I was beginning to feel like the loser my crush thought I was

The girl sitting at the far end came to me
I was shocked to see who it was
It was the shy girl in my class
She looked more beautiful than ever
This time she was without her glasses and her long hair reaching her back
At first I couldn't believe my eyes
It was too good to be true

I was ashamed of myself
I couldn't utter a word
I felt terrible for the way I treated her
It was clear she had feelings for me but I totally ignored them
I was chasing clout
When there was someone who secretly cared about me

I tried to apologize to her
Telling her I didn't deserve to stand in front of her
She was all smiles
Telling me she forgave me and was madly in love with me
She wasn't lying
I could see the genuineness in her eyes
She meant every word she said

She grabbed my hand and helped me up
We stepped on the dancefloor
Like everyone else and had fun
We felt every bit of the moment and fell in love with it
I found happiness and peace in her
My soul was filled with joy

Everyone on the dancefloor looked at us with surprise
All wanting to know who the mystery girl was
I could see my crush from a corner of my eye
She didn't seem comfortable I was happy
She thought her words could break me
But I was better than ever before

The dance came to an end
It was time to chose the best couple of the night
To the surprise of everybody my partner and I won the award
We went up to collect the award amidst murmurs
You could see the happiness on our faces despite the hate in the hall

When the principal presented the award to us
My crush came on stage to cause a nuisance
Claiming the award belonged to her
She tried to hit my partner on the face
My partner grabbed hold of her hands with a firm grip and threw off the stage
To the surprise of everybody

My crush's partner rushed at us
I stopped him midway with a punch to the face
I stood over him and punched him again
This I did to defend my partner
We had to be separated by security
After the whole school saw what happened
There was a rousing applause coming from every corner of the hall

Everyone was curious to know who my partner was
They were shocked when she introduced herself
Nobody expected that
It came as a surprise
How did the shy bullied girl turn out to be this pretty

My partner and I became the new talk of the school
The ones rejected stones became the chief cornerstones
I was happy that
After everything I finally found love
No more drama from the folks around
We commanded respect

She grew more beautiful everyday
I couldn't help but fall in love with her everyday

For the first time in a while
The sad god was happy.