Disappointment

it always happens in a bar

a shattered heart

against sticky

counter-tops

fragmented

thoughts

on what was

once love

my father

stunned

sits with wide

eyes at his

whiskey sour

rejected

by his own

daughter

he has been told

not to come to

the wedding ceremony

it's moments

like these

when the bar stools

swivel and we

turn to face the music

he got served

the wrong drink

and my heart

broke

in that

moment