i don't know what i want honestly
sometimes i want to be
on the pedestal,
and other days i hate you for putting
me on display
because i am not some pretty bird
to be placed in a gilded cage;
it's no wonder society is
confused--
we tell them to tell women that they are beautiful
but not to covet their looks
and to tell them they are beautiful
for everything based on their appearances
but not the scars they carry
or the strength of their endurance to keep going
through all their troubles and heartaches;
sometimes i'm even confused
i do know that i want somebody to grow old with
someone beautiful in heart and soul
whose eyes can take me
to the widest depths of my imagination
and inspire more words
to fly from my mouth, my heart, my soul
one that encourages my novels
and whose dreams i can nurture.
Author Bio:
Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. Recently her two chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013) and Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014) were published. Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015.
sometimes i want to be
on the pedestal,
and other days i hate you for putting
me on display
because i am not some pretty bird
to be placed in a gilded cage;
it's no wonder society is
confused--
we tell them to tell women that they are beautiful
but not to covet their looks
and to tell them they are beautiful
for everything based on their appearances
but not the scars they carry
or the strength of their endurance to keep going
through all their troubles and heartaches;
sometimes i'm even confused
i do know that i want somebody to grow old with
someone beautiful in heart and soul
whose eyes can take me
to the widest depths of my imagination
and inspire more words
to fly from my mouth, my heart, my soul
one that encourages my novels
and whose dreams i can nurture.
Author Bio:
Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. Recently her two chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013) and Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014) were published. Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015.
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