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Triangle of the Courtyard Square (Free verse) by OneFingerAnswer

I look across the courtyard to see The way She looks at me, She with the blonde hair That plays gently in the moving air, She that wants what she once had Before things turned sour and bad. She looks across the courtyard to see The guilty look coming from me, The look of apologies unsaid And guilt from taking her to bed, The look that cannot replace the word, The "Sorry" that may never be heard. I look across the courtyard to see The way He ignores the very existance of me, He that is wanted in more ways than any can show But is wanted in a way that He must never know, He that wants to be only with Her And yet does not know the way things were. He looks across the courtyard to see The way she still looks at me, He that can have all He wants, All but She that my past love haunts, He that I want to be with me. Or is it He that I want to replace, in Her, my memory? And thus is formed the Triangle of the Courtyard Square, Three lovers, lovers jilted by their own love, love unfair.

OneFingerAnswer 23-Sep-02/11:01 PM
To explain the setting of the poem:

The three lovers:
Me - The gay man who once believed himself to be bisexual and thus dated the girl
The girl - An innocent girl who made the mistake of falling in love with a coward who can't give her the closure she needs (that coward being me)
The guy - a third party who seems attracted to the girl and has also caught my eye

The problem: I'm not sure if I'd feel better served by him giving her a distraction from me or by having him to myself. The second isn't really a possibility but the heart doesn't care much for practicality.




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