Now you see me

After all these years, he finally notices me ...

You were captain of everything
handsome and strong --

I was the envy of every girl at the party
Feeling so sexy
in my black dress
with the ribbon tied at the back --

Every dance you held me closer,
second glance became a kiss,
and before the night was over
you had lassoed my heart's loneliness.

But I was that girl no one wanted,
the one they shunned in the hall,
and the next day you pretended
you never knew me at all.

Flash forward to an email
a lifetime and half a world away
you somehow notice me
after all was said and gone--

But this time you are the pot bellied divorce'
and I am the girl who got away.

Author's Note

captcha Chiselly

Reviews

[Vidya Bacchus]

Sounds about right Kit Kat.It has a certain justice to it.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, it does, doesn't it?

[Vidya Bacchus]

Haha yep karma strikes again :)

[SPINNING ON that dizzy ..]

Good capture of an wrong done to you that somehow time and space wrapped up and handed it back to you. I laughed right out loud at "pot bellied divorcee" as that was the best reward. I bet he thought he was all that and a bag of chips.... Unfortunately most of us have a story like this - people are just not always that nice or genuine.... and after all those years.... it can still hurt. Thanks for making me think about that time in my life and how there are a few pot bellied trolls I can laugh at too :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Awesome. I had fun with it. I admit it.

[Madalyn Beck]

This is so sad. I am glad to see how the tables have turned - good old karma - but still, painful to read. I am sorry you were bullied and that night instilled a false hope.

Painful, but beautifully penned. xo :)

[Lyn Anderson]

It's funny how something so simple can feel so close, and so vivid, a million years ago -- I cheered CARRIE on, put it that way ...

[AprilRN1210]

Karma is a biatch sometimes isn't it.. I can relate to this.. I was teased a bullied as a child because my family was poor and I was this skinny, quirky, little sad girl... forward years later and they are falling over their feet trying to be friends... I don't think so... I love this..

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. You get it. Isn't it weird, where they look you up on facebook and ask to be your friend? I guess their memories are clouded by their once greatness.:)

[AprilRN1210]

they are so full of themselves and can't see past their own ego that they don't even realize how much of a jerk they really are... their loss! You are more than welcome.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

hahaha, that is so cool, funny how these can change,,, so often the ones who go unnoticed in high school wind up being the beautiful princess,,, now he can eat his heart out.

[Lyn Anderson]

Oh, I wasn't unnoticed. I was bullied. But that one night I thought something good could come of high school ...

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Sorry to hear you were bullied. I use to get in fights with bullies I saw picking on others.

[Lyn Anderson]

oh, not a worry. It's part of what made me who I am today. But these little bites of far off revenge are kind of nice now and again. I especially love the fact that he has let himself go ...

[Ghost of Jupiter]

Nice, love it when things turn around... Cleaver and awesome write, well done, KL.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much.