Molly

A sestina for a creative writing class that seems to be taking forever to get to the interesting topics (and all the creativity briefly mentioned in the syllabus)

Molly (a sestina)

 

Molly gives me a shy smile.

And she confesses her love.

She is in love with somebody else.

She doesn’t suspect I love her �"

To her, I am just a friend.

I encourage her to tell him.

 

Oh, how I hate him!

But I hate him with a smile,

Because I am Molly’s friend,

I want her to be happily in love.

Thought I still secretly love her �"

I tell her to go somewhere else,

 

To do something else,

With someone else. I shouldn’t hate him.

I should be happy for her.

I should take it all with  smile.

But she is my only love 

But she is also my only friend…

 

And to her, I can only be a friend.

I want to be someplace else.

I am so hurt by her love.

She loves another man �" and I know him.

I know his dirty little smile.

And I know that he will betray her,

 

And this will horribly hurt her.

So, I will be a good friend 

I won’t lie her with a smile 

I tell her to love somebody else,

Even if not me �" just not him.

She deserves someone better to love.

 

And I say that with all my love.

I gather courage, and I tell her.

She now hates me, and hates him.

I wish I could have done something else.

But I was her best friend,

And I couldn’t betray her for a smile.

 

I truly hate him, for he hurt my friend.

Because secretly, I still truly love her 

Now someone else must make her smile.