Needle In the Hay

I thought you were my needle in the hay The soulmate I’d been searching for, for endless days The love of a lifetime, here on poetrysoup Right under my nose, and I never knew Till I found you one night, when I couldn’t sleep Your words like sweet bees, pollinating me We chatted and joked and had so much fun I realized at once that you were “the one” The one to complete me, the one I had sought Until I saw your new picture, and saw you were NOT The “Chris” that I thought - but a girl! A GIRL! A gir-l couldn’t complete my world! You weren’t a needle in the hay You were just you, with your gir-l face Your tiger picture, a fantasy mistake - A dead flower I shake out of my vase The dreams I held fast Red petals, now in the trash 3/12/12 Inspired by Chris Aechtner