Literature
Jolene
"Jolene"
There you sit -
your affection
bound by duty,
pretended oblivity,
and subtly sweet regard.
Your tender gestures
are but signs of
attentive friendship
to all others.
As a privy party,
however,
each glance,
laugh,
and crinkled eye
are sharp reminders
wrapped in
inevitable niceties.
They prod
to bring attention
to the pitiful fact
that I am,
once again,
relegated to
a corrupted
reflection of
my very own
Eponine.
Always the
role of friend
do I play,
never being offered
anything more
than friendly grins,
inside comments,
and sharp pangs
of disappointed heartbreak.
With smiles,
laughter,
and hidden d