Wallflower Waltz

[ScarletMornings]

Well I suppose I did
a million innocent years far and away ago
among the shrinking violets and the wilting lilies-of-the-valley
in what seemed to me desperation
of the highest order
grievances finally got the better of me, I would say
though I blush to admit to it under my dusting of rouge

I suppose I might have
as I shockingly graced hard parquet floors
blinking in the light of diamond-studded forget-me-nots
forlorn and alone lost back in corner shadows
sleeping in dreams of prominent places
at the fore of all this chaotic glitter and glamour

I guess I could have
vanished as I was into this sweet madness mine
gulping deeply of little champagne bubbles in the air
as the sun took up residence in my eyes
and the halo circling my head dipped and swayed in time to music
that no one could hear but pretended to anyways
drunk on the heady perfume of narcissus

I might have done so
struck with a vivacity in the mask I wore
adorned by knowledge of mysterious hopes
thoughts dancing in the swirl and twist of silk skirts
shh-shhing against my grasping shoes sliding on waxed floors
roses in my hair teasing just out of reach of the corner of my eyes
intricacy wrapping its lethally charming arms around me

Yes, I must admit I did
clasping to me the hope to store away
a lifetime of embers to warm myself by
the scandalous slide of my lips on yours
I'd be ruined if anyone even knew who I was
mask or not, my dears, it doesn’t matter
wallflowers are invisible, after all

[Ramona]

I love the fourth stanza. And the whole poem, actually. I like how you went from not knowing what the whole poem was about to still not being sure but having enough information to manufacture some interesting scenaios. And I love the wallflower thing.

[cry,crayola.]

this makes me smile.

i like your imagery and description throughout, the best. and, yes, i think the fourth-fifth stanza(s) are my favorite.