My Red Dress

Hanging in the back corner of my closet

Is a little red dress I've never worn

It might be polyester

Though I really couldn't tell you

Because it's always been too pretty for me

The kind of thing beautiful girls 

Wear when they host beautiful parties.

I looked at it today and thought

I should wear that dress.

Now I have an irresistible urge to put it on

Because for the first time 

I know it for what it actually is.

It's a dress I want you to see me in

It's a dress I want you to get me out of

And I hope this specific beautiful dress

Ends up in an ugly heap on your floor.

It's only fair considering

You're the only one who ever

Made me feel beautiful enough to wear it.