A Poem a Day 2015 (3): One night, one girl and one song

I wrote this poem at about 1am this morning. Writer JD Mader runs a Friday writing day on his blog, Unemployed Imagination - you can write whatever you like in the space of 2 minutes. Being on London time, it was pretty late... or early for me! I think it's funny how your brain churns out different things, depending how tired it is, and sometimes it goes all quirky. This poem is rambling, I guess, without structure. JD's initial story contained the line 'It was one night, and one girl, and one song', and I used it as a prompt. Here is his blog if you'd like to have a go next week or have a read of all the stories written - http://www.jdmader.com/2015/01/2-minutes-go.html

So, here's my 2-minute poem...

One night, one girl and one song

the song ended

but she never did

her image etched forever

on my mind

still there

dancing in the chill rain

her windswept hair catching

the thin, white cloth

stretched, drenched

to the skin

I gazed

stuck in the moment

nothing else to do

she never saw

while the music played on

an old rock song

seldom sung

a dog barked

her head turned once

lips turning up

like a bow at the edges

just one smile

only one

yet it was enough

copyright Vickie Johnstone