Please Don't Comment

Cherry

By Bee

Fri, 19 Sep 2014
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14 comments
 

Please don't tell me I look good today -
I'll think you thought I didn't, yesterday, and cry.

Don't tell me that my hair looks lovely up, or down,
I'll think you thought it didn't suit me, 
down, or up, and wonder why you had to be unkind.

Don't tell me I seem bright today 
or I'll know that yesterday, you thought me rather dull,

and if you say, today, I'm looking well
I'll wonder if I'm not well, after all.

Do not notice if I'm looking better, slightly fatter,
or a little thinner,
I'll think you thought me gaunt, or gross, which I'll deplore.

And never say goodbye - I'll think one of us might die -
just leave without a word and close the door.

Certificate U
Poem
Humour

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Haha - bee this is brilliant and so true!

 

Submitted by Bee on

Thank you Insert - glad you liked it. And thanks for the cherries. 

Bee x

Bee

Submitted by Parson Thru on

No comment. :-) x

Parson Thru

Submitted by Bee on

smiley

Bee

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

No wonder men groan and say they can't get it right. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Bee on

Yes, no wonder. Thanks Rhiannon.

Bee

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Funny and sweet.

Submitted by Bee on

Thanks Philip.

Bee

Submitted by catherine poarch on

Loverly! When I've had my hair cut people have often said, "Oh, that looks better." It was very polite of them to have kept quiet so long when it was obviously terrible! laugh

 

Submitted by Bee on

You've really got me laughing, Catherine.

Thank you.

Bee

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Bee

This is great fun to read, and no doubt was so for you to write. And very true. I am wearing my hair differently than I did a few months ago - and whenever I hear, "You've changed your hair. It suits you." or

"You look much younger with your hair like that," I immediately wonder how poor their impression of me must have been before. Taking compliments graciously is hard.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Bee on

Glad you had fun reading, Jean, and yes, it was fun to write. It's funny how people react to a new hairstyle. I totally get what you are saying. 

You made me smile - thank you.

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

A wonderfully clever poem, Bee, and so very truesmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by Bee on

Thank you,Tina - for reading, for your kind comments and for the sunny smile.

Bee