The exception to the rule?, Poetry by Writer Cornered

Genre: Romance / Love / Rhyme

The exception to the rule?
by Writer Cornered

Twitter: @writercornerd

The way he wears his hat
The way his eyes crinkle when he smiles
Gives me multiple flash-forwards of us walking up the aisle

This is meant to be a business meeting
But I seem to have lost my professional air
Allowing myself to giggle, stare suggestively and twirl my fingers through my hair

I have always been a sucker for cultured arty types
And he certainly fits the bill
A further attraction is his encyclopedic knowledge of music – ranging from Zombie to Innervisions to the miseducation of Lauryn Hill

He likes me, he likes me not…
How is a girl to know?
Should I ask him out on date, or is that taking girl power to a desperate new low

I wonder if his in-action is down to shyness
Or a past…