Unfounded: A Poem

His lips unkiss mine

He slides the ring off my finger

Lowering the veil and watching

As my father whisks me away up the aisle

I unpin and untuck my white gown

Feet warming then cooling

I gasp as he rises from a bent knee

Unsipping a glass of liquid courage

He leaves a velvet box on the glass counter

And backs out of the jewelry store

I unsend a smiley face emoji

He takes back his request for another date

I look down from his crooked smile

I forget his face as I leave the table

I lose his number and he loses mine

My cousin unsuggests the blind date

With an old college friend

I am home

I am alone