The Girl I Met One Summer

not my best, just something i needed to write.

The girl I met one summer

Redefined beauty for me:

Showed me

Beauty

Is

Waking up a little too

Late for your alarm clock’s comfort

And looking in the mirror

And laughing at

            How your hair could have possibly gotten this way.

This I learned from the girl I met one summer—

In late July:

Beauty is laughing

Until you need no blush on your cheeks and

Crying until

There is nothing left to hold inside—

Leave nothing to hide,

Nothing to dare you to hide.

 

This I learned from the girl I met one summer—

In my backyard,

By my fence,

Kicking a ball against the red brick wall of my house and listening to it smack, feeling the slight sharp pain of kicking your anger away.

This I learned in a sudden realization—

A sudden realization of the girl I met one summer:

Beauty is

            Life

And Life

Is

In

The

Application of

Courage

And the

Embrace of Emotion.

 

Author's Note

it's missing a stanza??

Reviews

[Edward Clay]

all i have to say is this is beautiful and this stanza captivated me.

"Beauty is laughing
Until you need no blush on your cheeks and
Crying until
There is nothing left to hold inside-"

[Brenda Sue]

Beautiful, I like it the way it is. Great job.

[Dressed in Poetry]

Awww. it's lovely.