Ever thought you could be so jealous of someone that you might do something absolutely unpredictable, something so out of character, that you’d shock the world?

He walked me to the table and she came before I had a chance to smile at him

He gave me one last glance before asking her to dance and I was left by myself

At a table with people who knew my name but really didn’t care

Two songs passed and I was still alone at that unbearable table of apathetic people

My dress was unwrinkled and flowed around me softly as I walked around the floor to find him

But he’s lost in the masses and I can see him dancing with her

I can see their eyes are closed as they move passionately to the rhythm of the song

So I sit back down as I probably never even crossed his mind

Those uncaring people didn’t notice when I left a second later to walk around the building

Alone to think about the melancholic despair that had wrapped itself around me like a veil

Then I ran into him and let him in on my secret that no one had notice because they were all to busy to suspect

That I was jealous of this girl because she swayed with him so perfectly like I never could

He told me I was beautiful and that I was better than her

But I didn’t believe it because it was her that was pressed against the man I loved and not I

We went our ways and I found myself on a balcony with other couples the same as the people at the table

Down below there was a woman breathing fire

My eyes stung as they filled with tears but I was determined not to let them fall just yet

Here I was by myself but people would see my tears even if they couldn’t feel my pain

If I were truly alone no one would be around to offer false consoling words

I wish: solitude

I return to my table as the song comes to an end and I watch him come back with her hand in his

They’re out of breath as he asks me how I’ve been

I said fine

But I felt like I could breathe fire all over his face when he asked me to dance

Except I wasn’t mad

I wasn’t even sad

Jealously overcame me in a wave so fast and powerful I was blown over that balcony

Just before I gave him my hand and said I’d love to

He said he loved me too

Thank you Nana for being the first and probably only person to review this piece. I really appreciated your interpretation even though it wasn't quite what I was trying to say.

Basically it's just a couple who go to prom and her date is swept away for about half an hour by another girl. In the mean time, this girl is feeling lonely at a table full of people who she considers "friends", but who don't care enough about her to notice the pain she's feeling when she sees her date dancing so passionately with this other girl in a way that he never danced with her before. She's instantly jealous of this girl and walks around the hotel until she bumps into another guy, an actual friend, and tells him how jealous she is. He tells her she is much more beautiful than this other girl and they keep going their separate ways. She finds herself looking dejectedly over a balcony at the beach below where a dancer is performing tricks with fire. Once she's back at the table her date and the other girl come back sweating and tired after a good time, only adding to the jealously, especially when he finally asks her to dance. In the meantime she envisions herself jumping off the balcony. While she says that she'd love to dance, he replies saying he loves her too, clearly misunderstanding her.

Sorry if my translation was a bit of a stretch from the actual poem. I tried to make it understandable.. ()