Private Love, Not Public<\/p>\n
We had been on a few dates.
\nI felt I wanted you for my mate.
\nIt was time to make a move.
\nI decided to put on the \u2018smooth.\u2019<\/p>\n
I wanted to bring you into my world.
\nWhat a shock to see it went viral.
\nYou put my \u2018smooth moves\u2019 online.
\nNow everyone knows my line.<\/p>\n
I wanted it to be private & special.
\nNot be a soapbox intellectual.
\nIt destroyed the intimacy of it.
\nIt made me feel I want to quit.<\/p>\n
I thought we would be a pair.
\nAdmired by others everywhere.
\nNow I am a internet star.
\nThe \u2018Don Juan\u2019 of lovers afar.<\/p>\n
What I said was only for you.
\nI hoped you would think so too.
\nBut, you\u2019ve made me a social star.
\nOur love is over due to the scar.<\/p>\n
It can never recover from a hit like this.
\nOur love is as good as a miss.
\nIt has no place on the social media.
\nBasically, it has shown I don\u2019t need ya.<\/p>\n
I think for my type of romance
\nThe old days had the best chance.
\nYou need a lover who puts on a show.
\nOne who will let all the world know.<\/p>\n
As for me, I am the private type.
\nI am not fond of all the hype.
\nYou go your way & I\u2019ll go mine.
\nMaybe we\u2019ll meet again sometime.<\/p>\n
———————-R. W. Johnson—–(2015)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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