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In a Pink World

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I live in a pink world, and I am pink. I'd rather be blue or red or yellow, or just make me green. Put me in a forest of green, deep within its beautiful ferns and thirsty fronds. Let rain fall sofly and richly, and I will soak it up like a woman dying of thirst in a pink desert in this pink world where I am expected to be a princess by everyone except the green forest and the rain.

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Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 3/7/2024 8:12:00 AM

your poem reminds of the struggle to find one's authenticity, described with the dislike for living in a pink world, a pink desert and living up to other's expectations. This is such a universal struggle, but I think using the pink color (that suggests softness and submission) was brilliant.

Chetta Achara
Date: 3/7/2024 9:57:00 AM

Thank you. Sometimes poems form and go in a direction the poet was not expecting. Such was the case for this poem. Sometimes it ends up being an eye-opener for the poet.

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 3/7/2024 6:50:00 AM

Hello Chetta, Your poem speaks volumes with its raw honesty and yearning for authenticity. It contrasts the suffocating expectations of a pink world with the longing for the freedom and vitality of green. It's a powerful reflection on societal pressures and the desire to break free from conformity. - Blessings, Daniel

Chetta Achara
Date: 3/7/2024 9:56:00 AM

Yes. When we are teenagers the pressure to conform is tremendous. Hopefully as we age we begin to realize we have the freedom to become independent of other's expectations.

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 3/6/2024 11:51:00 PM

One either loves pink or hates it. I like this colorful poem and the sharp contrasts in symbolism.

Chetta Achara
Date: 3/6/2024 11:54:00 PM

Thank you.