Definitely, Maybe…

I saw the way you looked at her,

With that twinkle in your eyes;

The smile you could not conceal –

As it caught her eyes, also mine.

She smiled slyly, trying to evade me,

The twinkle in her eyes caught mine;

Rather than notice my crushed face,

I left you together, walked sorely by.

For months now I’d noticed changes –

A lilt in your voice, spring in your walk;

The delayed homecomings you justified,

Your phone’s notifications wouldn’t stop.

There’d be outings you both planned,

Then invite me to join you as an alibi;

To prove to the world, you’re friends –

Even a medical emergency you’d defile.

What’s worse is you were real nice to me,

Kinder than you were in a really long time;

Thus confirmed I’d be you were true to me,

The others were mere cherries on your pie.

Then I saw you smile by yourself, late at night,

You’d delayed coming to bed, working overtime;

That’s when I told myself – stop living a white lie,

Get on with life, not waste it on your black lies.

:) This is poem is inspired by the movie “Definitely, Maybe” that I just watched this afternoon on TV – Romedy Now.