From Rejected to Debonair

You pined away on me for days
Each word you chose meticulously
       Poring over precise meanings
       Pumping empathy into tone
A piano tuner with each note
Listening for off-pitch keys
       You named me and played me

 And then you submitted me

Days and months passed
No news, no sign; yet hope
       I sat unattended and ignored
       Missing your tender voice
I'd come home, you'd brag to friends
About how I made you proud

And then the letter came

I watched as you read the news
Another place, a different time
They said to try again- bullshit!
        I am a neglected misfit
       Go ahead and throw me away

But you still believed in me

You bathed me, trimmed me up
Matched and fit words to a tee
       You told me you'd keep trying
       To find a special spot deserving
       Of my finesse, suavity...
                       
And now I'm debonair, one day you'll see


@laurie kolp

Inspiration: We Write Poems,  One Stop Poetry