Poem: rethinking the bouquet 122603

December 22, 2008

An over-reaction to a rejection that happened years ago.  It was a messy process where the rejection was no more than implied (on her part) and inferred (finally, on my part) without much any clear communication in between.   Not a confidence booster (yes, some rejections are!).   It’s hard to not feel like a creep sometimes, and situations like this don’t help things.  Although I did learn from the process that I am no good at inferring implied messages…

This poem marks the beginning of a period of decidedly romantic (in the historic sense of the word) melodramatic dabblings.  In my defense:

  1. Romanticism, as much as I hate to admit, agrees with the second law of thermodynamics,
  2. I was a hormonal teenager, and furthermore,
  3. I am happy to announce my full recovery.

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