The Flower on her Cap

Winter looks so cute on her. (the picture isn't perfect, but it gives the general idea)

I don't like the word "beanie."

It connotates vegetables,

Brown, black-eyed, baked,

None of which, to me, are lovely.

But she is lovely.

I prefer, instead, the word "cap."

It may not be perfectly descriptive

As "cap" often brings to mind

Bills or visors on a head covering.

Her cap has no visor.

But her cap has a flower.

A lovely, woven flower

Of white, and light gray.

But gray connotates dullness--

She is not dull.

Perhaps a better word is "charcoal."

Or "blazing coal"

Although coal becomes white when blazing

So ash.  The flower is white, and ash.

This flower on this cap--

Her lovely, black cap,

Black as coal--

It is her.  The flower is her.

White--pure.

Ash--burnt, but beautiful.

Author's Note

"Connontates" isn't a real word, but I think its definition is pretty clear.

Reviews

[MuSe Ampoule]

Great Job! Ah, lovingly looking at a person strikes a match and illuminates. Well written!

[goltinfron_nh]

Nice. I like the thought string going from coal to ash. It gives the sense of a dual contrast between life and death "So ash. The flower is white, and ash." It is quiet nice.

[JelliFyshKissUs]

Word. Not a word. Who cares! I make up words all the time in my poetry. That's what's so great about poetry. The humor in your works is undeniable. You have a witty way about you that seeps through you writing with subtle sighs. I love catching them. And I love the contrast you give to the cap--trying to make the gray something pleasurable as you do with the white. Delightful.