Freckles

Though it's a bit spotty, I hope that you like it.

Freckles
© 2007 Mark Pearce

 

 

I remember freckles
On a sun-skimmed day.
She’d do ‘bout anything
To have them scrubbed away.

They’d show up on her shoulders
And across her nose.
They’d dribble down her legs
And light upon her toes.

“I like ‘em,” I told her
But what did I know?
They shattered her self image
Of a golden glow.

She strenuously avoided
Being bathed by sun.
But I adored her every freckle
And I’d kiss each one.

Though the days of speckled cheeks
And shoulders did not last,
She comes to me when dreaming of my
Freckled past.

Author's Note

Yes it is.

No it isn't.

Reviews

[Angel's Lady]

This is very delightful and reminded me of my daughter...who always had freckles across her nose and who was never happy with said freckles! (Her grandmother told her they were angels' kisses!)

What a very nice and wonderful piece of art to read this early in the morning and what a lovely way to start my day!

Thank you for writing this....

[Just Manoosh]

Those blighters ....... women certainly do not like them very much. Though I think they are wrong, they should love them, 10 year old girls have freckles and don't all women want to look young and cute sometimes? There is a story to be told behind your words. This brightened a very stressful day, thank you. Mx

[thecoolone52]

the last Stanzaaaa is SICK i really liked it... marvlous poem i think of some of the people that i know that were covered in freckles back in the day... tubular write