![]() I can be bothA Poem by Emma
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I can be feminine but rough and even rowdier A comfortably composed hot mess Serious with a comicality as bold as my darkest lipstick • I can be both. • I can be healing in some ways while sliding back in others Confident while questioning my image Apprehensively brazen with a soft physicality • I can be both. • I can be tougher than my turmoil and I can be convinced it's tougher than me I can swim in the deep satiety of love and I can light up a lava ridden furry I can be drowning in the depths of despair and I can float on the clouds • I can be both. • I can "not give a damn" but still worry about others opinions I can be cunning with my words then I can choke on each syllable I can dampen my cheeks with a river and then light them up with an indescribable luminance • I can be both without being defined by either or any. • I can be both, because even when the pictures were black and white, the world wasn't. I can be both because I was painted with a dancing brush, leaving a myriad of colors dripping off the edge of my canvas. I can be both because I am of raw, lucid duality. • I can be both because, I can BE. • © 2018 Emma |
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1 Review Added on April 25, 2018 Last Updated on April 25, 2018 Author![]() EmmaORAbout•Portland based ecstatic dancer and yogi who laughs at questionable things, loves the outdoors most of the time, and is a sucker for a good smoothie • Creative Nonfiction and Poetry• H.. more..Writing
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