Single Solitaire

I am rewriting Dorothy Parkers "One Perfect Rose"

One single band, diamond solitaire lay on my finger

As your knee gracefully meets the floor,

One single moment that seemed to forever linger

Foreseeing our future our vows we did swore

I see that moment, that confident look in your eyes

That forever smile on your face, seeing us husband and wife

True love solitaire; represent and symbolize

Everything dead and unliving at this moment suddenly comes to life

But wait! Violins cease, sleeping beauty wakes and uncrown thee prince charming

No sky banner? No white horse? No big gesture? Not like it mattered

It’s me Cinderella I can put on my own shoe, I know! So alarming!

Just like a mirror, just like glass, I see through it, easily shattered

I chose to do this poem because I, myself, am very cynical and do not care or over analyze "romantic gestures" from the opposite sex. I believe a flower is just a flower, a ring just a ring, etc. I tried to make my poem the same tone in the first two stanzas as in the "One Perfect Rose" and then showing my true feelings on the situation in the last stanza. I feel the ulitmate tone, like Dorothy Parkers poem, is cynical and bitter with a bit of humor. I hope you enjoy as much as I enjoyed Parkers poem:)