NaPM April 10, 2017

[CRNDLSM]

I'm just an ordinary guy;
my time here isn't served with wine;
my shoelace is always untied.
I make my living cleaning pools
to pay my way through school
and prove to my dad that I'm not a fool.
All this time I've been alone,
I wonder if she'll pick up the phone,
if she even still lives at home.
I know there's more important matters in the world
than to spend my time dreaming of girls,
even if her cheeks are peach, and eyes are pearl.

I gather my nerves and dial her number.
I reach for the doorbell and blunder.
I gotta grow up, I'm not getting any younger.

Outside under her front porch light,
I lean in to kiss her cheek goodnight.
It was only meant to be polite,
but my stupid greedy fingers graze her thigh
sending a shiver up her spine.
She closed her eyes and let out a sigh.
Brushing the hair out of her face,
she tried her best to look away.
Her voice shook to say my name.
As I neared the sidewalk's end,
she softly called to me again,
'Goodnight,' she said, and headed in...