Slanted smile

Music: Natasha Bedingfield Unwritten

Slanted smile, chuckled laugh

“Fool” they said

Or was it she

Response the same

Slanted smile, chuckled laugh

He had been called wise

For so much less

Unremitting recalcitrance

Defiance greets, supposed defeats

Pugnacious bulldog
For

Defeat is never complete

And
Victory is ever so sweet

Ever so

Slanted smile, chuckled laugh

He had written of her beauty

The divine elegance

Drawing her apart

From airbrushed surroundings

Wraith daughters of marketing men

Continual reminder

“Be all you can be”

with gentle reminders

“You can never be

Just like me”

And like them

She would never be

For she was so much more

You see

In his silent whispers softly spoke

The heated desire

A seething simmer

Ready to erupt

Slanted smile, chuckled laugh

She was

And forever would be

So much more

And one day,

he

would see

her joining his

Slanted smile, chuckled laugh