He remembered when she was young
and beautiful forever,
the most beautiful woman
he’d ever seen.
He recalled when he got up the nerve
to finally ask her out on a date
and feared because she was so beautiful
she’d turn him down or wonder
what made him think he was worthy of her.
As expected, she turned him down
and crushed his dreams of being with her
and treating her as well as he could.
Things got worse when she accepted a date
from a guy he knew was no good
and treated women like shit.
Years later when she’d been through
six bad boy guys and was old,
no longer beautiful and alone,
and her beauty no longer
clouded his rational mind,
he realized he was always
too nice a guy instead of
the bad boys she preferred,
and he knew a relationship with her
would never have worked out.
Bob Boyd
