Title as you see fit
I can give you flowers
I can talk about my heartbreaks
I can milk it all
Until the cows come home
I can give you melodies
I can sing your favorite song
I can wallow in self pity
About how you left me
All alone
I can make you feel good
I can even feel
The way you think I should
But I want to be like Maya
A phoenix who proudly rose
From the devil's fire
I sympathise with Sylvia
Tho I wouldn’t want to be her
Even if I could!
I can write erotica
Stuff that would make
Lucifer curl his toes
I can be all innocent
The sweetest little girl
I can be all those things
But I am so much more
I’m the culmination
Of all that went before!
I am the bravest of them all
I am who they always call
When thing get tough
And they need a little rough
I’m the girl who speaks her mind
The angelic face
Past giving a shit
I will keep on writing
But I won’t always be kind
I will call the truth out
As depressing as that may be
Because only then
Can I ever be proud
Of my legacy.
John Botterill
Sat 17th Jun 2023 21:44
Another stunner, Clare. I love the way you reference other great poets. This poem flows like a mighty river. Bravo!