By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee/@GeeGranny on Twitter
(I don't know 'why' I wrote this poem ... I was listening to Honky Tonk music ... it just came to me :) Oh, I don't drink, nor 'is my lover with another :)
A younger Granny Gee ... photo is of me ... owned by me ... Gloria Faye Brown Bates
A bottle of beer, country music
I have only time ... and more time
I may get drunk tonight
My lover is with another
I'm all alone in this honky tonk bar
I'm surrounded by wanna-bes
Wanna take me home ... play with me
How do they know
I'm all alone ... feeling sad tonight
Just leave me alone
Let me drink this honky tonk beer
I wanna get drunk tonight
You know ... do the whole tear in the beer thing
Honky tonk music on the jukebox
I gotta move, gotta dance
Hair swaying, hips playing
To the tune of honky tonk music
My body comes alive
He comes up swaying his hips
Wants to dance with me
I turn my back and let go
It's my world I'm in
Leave me alone, I just wanna dance
Dance my sorrows away
Eyes closed, body moving to the beat
The world forgotten
I become the music I dance to
Honky tonk music, no more tears in my beer
I'm happy ... I am music
I'm in another world
Music stops ... I become aware
I'm just a mere person
Who is sad ... trying to get drunk
Dance my woes away
A man here ... a man there
Trying to pick me up
I'm not here to be picked up
They keep getting in my way
Seeing me as ... easy prey
They don't know I am
The strongest woman they've ever met
They won't ever know ... they'll never have the chance
Get outta my way, I'm going home
I don't want to get drunk, just wanted to dance
Now ... I'm ready to get outta of here
Don't you follow me
I'm not here for a man
I just wanted to have a love affair
Love affair with the music I love
Now, I'm satisfied
It's time to go home
We are still so much alike!!! I love to dance (like we did as children). I don't get drunk either and my lover is not with another either. I didn't like to get picked up. I did meet some nice people and some that were not so nice. Still-----I always said----I go in alone-----I leave alone! Love, Ms. Nancy
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