Valentines, mine, through time
There was She-ra, a princess
Potential, her power
Shy and scared
Worried and weird
Lone lil wildflower
There was Jessica and Phoebe
Dark horse, rebellion
Louder, still scared
Awake now, aware
With obsessive compulsions
There was Stevie and sorry
Resilient and sunny
Sadness to shameless
Bright with a bite
Chaotic but funny
There was silly and stupor
Hardly the heroine
Kim get up and work
Justice and Joan
With a sword, with a pen
There’s Delilah and Eve
Standing in silence
Stormy and ruthless
Accepting no tears
No roses, no violence.
So many of her
And yet how wild
Her one true love
Is a man and a child.
Are you sure?
That’s how she wins?
Yes, of course -
but there’d be no such present state, fortunate fate
Without first choosing herself again and again.
Resolved
I just said I’d start to write
I didn’t say I’d force it
I said when the time is right
When the stars align
Something about valentine’s
I just said I’d start to write
I didn’t say when
I didn’t say how
Didn’t ask words to pop in
The muse to stop by
The scroll to stop here
The go to my drive
Words slow and steady
No sit down, no ready
Rhyming and stupid
Playing like cupid
A bird like Nelly
Trooper like Shelley
A salute to my sigh
The drunk to my dry
The fire’s inside
That’s just life
Friday the 31st of January.
I meant what I said
I’ll say it again
I just said I’d start to write
I didn’t say I’d push through
Make time
Let content consume
Ponder a word or a thought
Light a match, watch it burn
Take notes, not a nap
Create a vibe, let it flow
I just said I’d start to write
Not stay off of screens
Make space to doodle/daydream
Put pen to paper
Start bad, start over
Come back, have a snack
Come back, make it worse
Then better, later.
I just said I’d start to write
I didn’t say
I’d do any of the things
I need to do
to start to write.