A New Stage

Her innocence was gone
Maturity was her mystique 
And she wore it like makeup as in clinique

She smiled and looked through deep eyes
Seeing through the disguise
She was wise

Serious was her demeanor
Compared to a pleasant dream of the dreamer
She sought pure thoughts and a heart that was cleaner than clean

Right and wrong were not important
Truth trumped those nouns
And only truth wore the crown

She listened to words as if she was reading a good book
And if ones words didn’t match their behavior
Then she knew that she was listening to a mind crook
She untangled their words and threw away their hooks

Wisdom and folly are two extremes
Wisdom builds self esteem and folly takes one downstream
One is kind and one is mean

She always walked towards kindness and peace
Those two attributes were her centerpiece
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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March 2, 2018 at 4:06 PM
This regal poem of queenly wisdom pearls strung together is breathtaking, Lara. You crofted a poetic masterpiece. (Silly pun intended, of which I'm sure you heard before.) So many exquisitely expressed lines, starting right from the first verse ... Her innocence was gone. Maturity was her mystique ... to the very end of this seer sage poetry. An instant classic in my humble opinion. Star bright write. Love and more love always.
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