I Did Not Conform

a poem by thenorm

You tempted me

With flowers.

Your words were

O-so sweet.

You said I was

Never mind.

It never really mattered

Anyway.

My window

O my soul.

My river flows on by.

I will be riding

Abreast.

And you sang

Almost enticed me.

And I wanted

So Much

Your approval.

But it was

Your life.

Your dreams.

Crimson tears ran the length

Of the River Styx.

Damn you.

Damn me.

I wanted it so much

And I did not conform.