Undercurrents

by Susan Zahn
Appeared in Choice Parts #2, 1989

To think, all this time
You've succeeded to fool me
With that cocky, self-assured stance.
I should have known better
Than to judge by the cover;
Not condemn from the very first glance.

Who would have guessed
That behind that smug smile
Hid a man with a heart of pure gold?
If only I'd seen that
Inner soul you'd possessed,
I would never have acted so cold.

Of course, you knew that
And had from the start.
That's why you put on such a show.
You taunted and teased
With one goal in mind;
To cause the girl in me to grow.