I DID, AND I DON'T (new Poem)

I DID, AND I DON’T

And it is a definite I won’t

You can say all you want

It’s still I do not want to know

You can masquerade

On your own parade

You know the world that you live in

I’m in mine, so divine

I can sing and dance

To any old merry tune

Not the old classics

You keep passing by

Why?

I’ve told you before

I don’t need you any more

I’m solo

Not sorrowful

I’m happy as can be!

I cannot teach this dance

Yeah go on with your glance

As I keep saying

Your career is your choice and doing

Mine is mine

Still heavenly divine

There is nothing more to say

So why stay?

There is nothing more

There is nothing left

I’m not bereft

I’m not going to grieve

I’ll just roll up my sleeve

Hitch up my skirt

And tip tap away

Those vivid dreams not forgotten

Now they seem so rotten

Rotten to the core

Where you wanted to be center of the stage

Take all the glory

Heck you need to say sorry

The cast and crew

Knew and I knew

And here is the final curtain call!

Stop calling

You are no longer welcome

Rescinded

You’re rights to drop by

Are no longer a right!

It’s all wrong

No more flowers

Those yellow, yellow roses

Hung limp, limp

I’m not imploring, pleading or begging

I’m not stooping that low

Just asking, asking

Leave me alone!

The stage is all yours

The show will go on

But not in the written text

So go “Break a Leg”

Adieu

Goodbye

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

17^th May 2015

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