You Should Know
You Should Know .
I am not strong willed.
I do not demand respect.
I am not a sunset and a tequila sour.
Match strike, passion ignite, burn bright,
Haze at morning light.
I am not woman who takes no shit
and tastes blood
and wields words like
lightning.
No cinders in my wake.
Nor do I set the sky ablaze.
I do not burn.
My tears do not swell
when my heart is broken.
No spiraling grief or swirling,
drowning or drip-drop doubts.
I do not bring flood waters
nor meander through life.
My touch is not light and fleeting like rain.
My words do not pour.
My love does not ebb.
I do not flow.
I do not talk when no one is listening
or get carried away by music,
or dance at concerts, smoke,
or laugh freely.
I do not go where I am not welcomed,
hold my arms out
and let the wind take me
or bend without breaking.
I am not an acrobat.
Or a breeze on summer's day.
I do not breathe easy.
I lay on the ground.
Eyes like moss.
Friendships for a lifetime
growing stronger, constant and quiet.
I smell of strong coffee
and petrichor.
Absorb words like arrows
And grow flowers from scars.
Broken and remade in seasons.
I bend like bamboo.
Smile like dawn.
I hide my shadow like the moon.
And offer shade and kindness to those
Who burn and flow and breathe easy.
I'm here and I'm not going anywhere.
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Longtime writer; new to poetry. Is it terrible? What works and what doesn't? You can be honest. I'm used to critique groups.
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Link 1
https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/YJ7SUUQFzu
Link 2