ONCE UPON A TIME A MAN PURSUED A WOMAN WHO QUITE HONESTLY COULDN’T STAND HIM
HE WAS A BIT COCKY AND WAY TOO SURE OF HIMSELF FOR HER TASTE BUT SHE DECIDED TO GIVE HIM A SHOT ANYWAY, HOW COMPLETELY RANDOM
COULDN’T STAND HIM TURNED INTO LIKE AND LIKE TURNED INTO “YES, I’LL MARRY YOU
“A WEDDING, A HOUSE, A COUPLE OF KIDS, MEANING 2
THE FIRST BORN, SUCH A BUNDLE OF DELIGHT THAT SHE DARED TO DO IT AGAIN
BUT THE SAYING NO 2 KIDS ARE ALIKE IS MORE THAN A NOTION AS I REMEMBER WHEN
THIS BRIGHT EYED BABY CAME ON THE SCENE WHO SPOKE VOLUMES WITH HER EYES
LOVED TO LAUGH AS MUCH AS SHE LOVED MOVIES AND MUSIC SO IT WOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE
THAT SHE WOULD BE BOLD, FEARLESS AND OUTSPOKEN
THAT SHE WOULD BE INQUISITIVE AND THOUGHT PROVOKING
THAT SHE WOULD STEP ON STAGES AND HER PRESENCE WOULD BE COMMANDING
HER THINKING WOULD MIRROR THE COMPLEXITY OF MAZES, QUICK TO BAFFLE THE MASSES UNDERSTANDING
THAT SHE WOULD BE UNAPOLOGETICALLY DIFFERENT, IN FACT SHE WOULD COME TO PREFER HER DIFFERENCES
SHE WOULD TRAVEL THE WORLD IN LARGE PART ALONE COVERING VAST DISTANCES
SHE WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY DO THINGS HER WAY AND BE THE BETTER FOR IT
SHE WOULD SEE THINGS BROKEN AND MASTERMIND HOW TO RESTORE IT
SHE WOULD GO ON TO WRITE POEMS AND SONGS AND PLAYS TOO
SHE WOULD DANCE AND SING AND TRAILBLAZE, WHO
WOULD HAVE THUNK IT…SHE WOULD, COULD AND DID
SHE NEVER ASKED PERMISSION TO EXPRESS WHAT WAS IN HER HEAD
OR HEART
ONLY TO LIVE OUT HER LIFE HAPPILY PURSUING HER ART
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this is what one might call a “commanding” poem. very strong, interesting. I like the use of all caps…seems to fit