Monday, 9 May 2016

Only If.... (September 4, 2012)



Another
School year
Is starting up
And I find myself
Looking backwards.

Wondering
What if I had gone
To my senior prom.

As
Whom I am
A girl
Dressed in
A formal dress.

While
Alphaville's
"Forever young"
Is played
At the last dance.

Alas
This isn't
The reality
Of what happen.

Instead
I stayed home
Conflicted
Between perception
And reality.

Of
Having to wear
To a suit
If I wished
To attend.

Might
As well been
Wearing a straitjacket
Is how I feel
About having to
Wear a suit.

Sigh.


Therisa © 2012


Author's note: I can relate, to Ms. Wolf, and her wearing a suit, to her prom, which the school strongly objected to, by threatening, to call, the police on her. For more information, please click on the following link: https://ca.style.yahoo.com/post/144105521800/school-threatens-to-call-police-on-girl-who-wore

1 comment:

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Now this makes me think of something that never would have occurred to me. How sad, to miss one's prom. I can well imagine a suit would have felt like a strait jacket.

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