This poem is dedicated to Vetta K
The one that got away
I still remember the very first time seeing your face
I felt like an angel had passed my way
I never understood why felt that way
But I’ll always remember how I felt that day
Inventing a new way for you to notice me
was my task each day
We became good friends
and you thought it was best that way
My only aspirations were to bring you near
The saddest thing is after all these years
You don’t know about all my tears
I thought you could’ve been the answer
to all of my fears
Never really having you
was worse than losing you
We do some things because we have to
and others because we choose to
I chose to move on
long after you were gone
along a path that lacked you
but I couldn’t stop loving you if I had to
You struck my love lifeline like lightening
and just as fast you were gone
The thought of not seeing you again is frightening
I never got a chance to see you full-grown
Are you still the same beautiful girl
who didn’t know what her full potential was
Or are you now aware of how fine you are
and shoot niggas down just because
Do you still have that same smile
stolen from the template of an angels face
Do you still have that same seductive smirk upon your face
that could melt ice in the frozen depths of space
Are you still so insecure
that you let your head hang low
hiding those pretty brown eyes
that sparkle with every color of the rainbow
Do you remember the name J.Rose
signed at the bottom of all those letters
Or have you forgotten and moved on
with someone who claims he can love you better
The image of you,
to me is more precious than Rupplestilskin spinning gold
in a golden fleece
Telling me not to dream
dreams of you while I’m asleep
is like speaking in Greek
And speaking of Greeks
They need not develop a ploy
They have Helen of Troy
because although beautiful
That chick was untrue
I’d take on all of Greece, Sparta,
and the rest of the world for you
Not He-Man
but I’d master the universe, too
Take out Hector and Achilles, too
Helen, Neferiti, Cleopatra, and Aphrodite
couldn’t hold a candle to your likeness
Which is like
being face to face
with the sun in space,
separated by a thin glass that magnifies
multiplied by the radiance of the Holy Spirit
So bright you’d burn your cornea, iris, and retina
just looking near it
A fool that was blind could see
this is how your beauty shines to me
It’s been a long time
since a similar soul has slid my way
just know the thoughts and memories of you
can never be replaced
I now know that I never knew happiness
until that day
The very first time
I saw your face
I still hope to see you again someday
To the one that got away
I miss you, LaVetta K
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