What's Next

Life's not horrible but something is wrong
I can't seem to pinpoint exactly what it is
Suddenly I feel so alone
But nothing has changed and the bitterness has grown.

I can't tell if women find me attractive
I don't how to approach with confidence
This may seem silly because of who I am
But I only know how to be friends to them

I wish for once a woman would tell me the truth
I can't tell the future I'm not a sayer of sooth.
There are some women that I want to date
To find a connection and maybe my soul-mate

But I am hesitant to ask the lady friends of mine
I can't risk losing more friends this time
I don't want them to be uneasy when I'm near
Because I expressed an interest or bought her a beer.

I hear that I'm really sweet and I'm really nice
That I'm great kisser and I've heard it more than twice
So why do women avoid me like the plague
I can't be that ugly or I wouldn't have been given phone numbers to take.

People enjoy being around me and I know this is true
Is it possible that I have no sex appeal to women like you?
Rejection is a form of failure and that I cannot bear
So I don't ask unless I think my chances are fair.

I can read body language and I can tell who likes me
I can read the signs but despite that I don't take the opportunity.
I could be wrong and these women just might like me as a friend.
But that's why I don't open my mouth because a friend would mean more to me in the end

Unless of course this woman would become my wife
Then I've thrown away a chance for a happy life.
The choices I make and the roads I choose
Conflict with my everything from my hat to my shoes.

I just wish a woman would tell me
That she is interested and not wait for my pleas
Or if I do ask her out I want her to show
A little effort or a "lean in" and then I'll know.

And if she does not want me to pursue her affection
I need to know so I'm not in the dark with intentions
Send me on my way and we can still be friends
And I can give another woman the proper attention.