Oleander Girl

Learning about desert plants in ap bio this morning budded this poem. =)

I grew up intoxicated by rain clouds

With droplets on my skin

Causing it to shiver and shutter from the cold

They liked to call me an oleander plant

 

You see oleander plants are poisonous if eaten

And they’re really not all that pretty

They’re a desert plant

They don’t have leaves and

well they sorta look dead

 

Just like me

 

You see I’m not very pretty

And I’m all too good at sour and dangerous

Especially when

                                Consumed

I was raised in this empty high desert mountain valley

With these walls formed like barbs around my vital organs

I guess sometimes even my eyes

Look dead

 

And I'll be good at looking ordinary

At least

Until it

                Rains

 

They say people like me

They come alive in the rain

Like the oleanders

                                Bloom

And it’s moments like these when we see in color

And someone somewhere notices that

Well my eyes

Are the color of the sky

 

And then, even oleanders

Can have flowers

And suddenly what wasn't beautiful

What wasn't pretty at all

Is exactly that

 

And maybe that is me

 

Ordinary and dull on dry classic

Desert days

Just waiting until it

                                Rains 

Author's Note

everything is intentional

Reviews

[Invisible]

some thoughts are unavoidable, even if they're not true. I suppose it takes thinking dark and depressing things to find someone who'll contradict those beliefs so that we may learn not to think or feel such things.

[17thWhitePrince]

Awe !!! Such a beautiful poem =D
Such a marvelous piece !!!
I definately liked it a whole lot !!!

"And maybe that is me
Ordinary and dull on dry classic
Desert days
Just waiting until it
Rains"

Awesome !!!
Loved everything 'bout this =D
A definate Favorite of mine !!!
Well done =P

[kera moondust]

I'm glad you liked it =)

[Jack...]

This was exquisite, you have portrayed a beauty even in the words that suggest ugliness. You are very talented. Very nice.

[kera moondust]

oh thank you =)

[Jack...]

You are very welcome, thank you for sharing.