When the world wakes
wistfully sleepyheaded dreamers,
we write words, where\u00a0
\u201cwaterlily ladies in waiting\u201d
and \u201cwalking kaleidoscopes\u201d collide.
Speak truths and woes where
women wait for what worries them:
they themselves or the monsters\u00a0
that have outgrown the bed.
They choose now to hide behind screens\u00a0
and Bibles
and money
(it\u2019s always something).
Slowly singing solemn soliloquies
since standalone silence seems less fitting\u00a0
on days where umbrellas
keep heads from carrying the\u00a0
weight of the world.
Those days,
cars trace light which follows in front
reflections of themselves in the
puddle-soaked street.
These days,
dance with our cuffs wet,
smell the rain soaked earth
as worms come out to play
and smiles squirm onto our faces\u2014
as if a little water couldn\u2019t
diminish\u00a0
what joy we have.\u00a0
Here we are:
children of the 21st century.
Bodies whose voices will one day bring
the changes we utter into our coat sleeves
and pray for under twinkling stars\u00a0
and darkness.
They tell us they were better
But we know better.
We know our lives are young,
our rotations round the sun are few,
\u00a0and that we have time.
And that playing in pouring rain\u2014
splashing puddles onto\u00a0
friend\u2019s clean white shoes
splashing puddles onto\u00a0
brand new cars on street curbs
bought by people twice our superior
(and always willing to remind us)\u2014
will not hold us back,
will not keep us from\u00a0
the potential we have\u00a0
to reach towards\u00a0
and live for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Maria Purpura When the world wakeswistfully sleepyheaded dreamers,we write words, where\u00a0\u201cwaterlily ladies in waiting\u201dand \u201cwalking kaleidoscopes\u201d collide.Speak truths and woes wherewomen wait for what worries them:they themselves or the monsters\u00a0that have outgrown the bed.They choose now to hide behind screens\u00a0and Biblesand money(it\u2019s always something).Slowly singing solemn soliloquiessince standalone silence seems less fitting\u00a0on days where… <\/p>\n