Firecracker Girl

She’s like a Chinese paper lantern,

glowing up the night;

like a bunch of lilac flowers,

purple, velvet, bright.

She’s like a thousand colors all in one,

tornado-earthquake-thunderstorm.

She trails incense on her fingers,

leaves flowers in her bed,

sleeps without pajamas on,

makes up stories in her head.

One moment she’s the air you breathe,

the next she takes your breath away,

she makes you blush, turns you pale,

runs here, runs there, yet always stays.

She makes these starbursts in your world

that you’ve never seen before.

She’s a firecracker girl.

Author's Note

Haha, take it as you wish ;)

Reviews

[Dawn Jones]

"One moment she’s the air you breathe,
the next she takes your breath away"

I have a line insanely close to this one in a poem in my recently published book 'Into The Never'. It's something different when someone can make you feel this way. I like this poem. I love the imagery and your word usage.

[Elaine]

Wow i love this. The girl you write about seems to be the one girl that all others want to be and envy. great write.

[Talal Tashfeen]

awww this is the SWEETEST poem ever! good job!

[Princy]

I agree with beckyboodles. It would be so much amazing if u made them into lyrics. And just the perfect piece of music the wolla!
Even the title is so much intriguing- "the firecracker girl."

[BeckyBoodles]

Amazing poem! You could almost write a song/story with this =0~

[Rita MacGumerait]

very nice. she seems to be everywhere but always stays with you. at least that's how I saw it. reminds me of so many people, that i think is one of the toughest things to do. nice.

[Bette]

I really enjoyed this it reminded me of my daughter. Well done.

[Adelia Alighieri]

Whoa it's sooo pretty, you have made use of all the artistic senses of a poet and come up with something very efficiently unique and memorable. Inspiring. =)

[Stammers]

Love it, the idea is brilliant and I can feel, smell, see the girl. The only thing that jarred for me was 'glowing up', didn't really make sense. Glowing into, glowing in, lighting up... glowing up sounds like bad grammar. Not to sound critical because I really did love this piece. Congrats, wonderful imagery =)

[Poeticpiers]

women are unpredictable part of their attraction to us poor males

[Sean Allen]

Now, here is a short piece that fills the mind with picures of a girl so full of energy that she is about to burst like a firecracker.