Girls and Women
As girls, we learned the art of putting on makeup
From our mothers and sisters and aunts, those women
Who cared for us and kept us from creating pictures
Of clown masks on our velvety soft faces, which bled
Sincerity and serenity, dreams of what would be
Someday, when we left the women who molded us
To become women ourselves, women who feel
Love beckoning from our hearts and spirits, thriving
Completing our hopes for a home that is filled with
Gentle intimacy and inspiration, dreams coming alive
With the mystery and secrecy of a promised vision
Filled with gladness, whispering reveries of compassion
That arouses the fires of faith and flavors the intense
Brilliant light of sunrise with flickers of wisdom, strength
And thanks for all that has been and will be again
Love that betrays us when we look into a mirror
See the smudge of tearstained mascara lingering there
Where our hearts reveal the silent tenderness that melts
All bitterness or resentment with pure kindness, ardor
For the ones who we believe will always know our souls
Truth sent down from heaven to encourage us to always
Be the girls, the women, the hearts – who love unconditionally!
STRAND COMPLETELY NEW (22) ,any form,any theme Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brian Strand
August 14, 2020
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