Home
Young Writers Project
  • READ
    • Recent Posts
    • Daily Read
    • Recent Visual Art
  • YWP COMMUNITY
    • Tiny Writes
    • Book Club
    • YWP Podcast
    • Community Leaders
      • Community Leaders' Newsletter
    • Oh Snap! Online Open Mic
  • CHALLENGES
    • Weekly Challenges 2020-21
    • Community Journalism
      • Community Journalism Project
    • Challenges Bank
    • The Great Poets Challenge
  • EVENTS
    • ALL YWP EVENTS
    • March 27: Online Open Mic
    • March 4: Clowning Conundrums
    • March 14: Poetry for Middle School
    • YWP Calendar
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • The Voice
    • Anthology 11
      • Anthology 11 Podcast
    • Media Partners
    • The Social Distancing Journal
    • The ELM - Edmunds Literary Magazine
  • ABOUT
    • About YWP
    • YWP Newsletter
    • YWP is ...
    • Permission Form
    • FY19 ANNUAL REPORT & 990
    • Contact Us
  • Donate
  • LOG IN/JOIN

Search form

Previous Post
Next Post
Sep 20
poem 4 comments
H20.hollym's picture
H20.hollym

Beautiful

You may accept her as she is,
for she is fully whole as she dances among the flowers.
She tied her ribbons around herself
that stream and twirl no matter 
if the wind may happen to be blowing.
She is her perfections, 
and her flaws, 
all garnished with rainbow ties.
Her grace is that of the wind.
It may shift or stumble,
but all love it for what it is.
She knows that whether she is received the same way
is irrelevant.
The sunlight shines upon her petals,
and she provides the magnifying glass
to kindle it into a flame.
Her courage is infinite,
for now she may remain completely vulnerable,
but she is
unbreakable.
Her vase may shatter,
but her soul of handpicked flowers
cannot.
Her peace is as endless as the oceans,
for she holds the burning flame,
and as she lets her light shine,
she gives others
an ember
to do
the same.
  • H20.hollym's blog
  • Sprout
  • Log in or register to post comments
  • Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Posted: 09.20.17
H20.hollym's picture
About the Author: H20.hollym
MSG / CONTACT
RECENT LOVES
  • Fault
  • The Kitchen
  • Cocoon
  • Borrowed Sweetness.
  • Island Getaway night 1
RECENT COMMENTS
  • Absolutely incredible! I love
  • thank you!
  • Thank you nean_bean!
  • Oh my... I don't even have
  • thank you!

Other Posts by Author

  • On the Anniversary of Parkland
    On the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Parkland High,I think about big things: Read more
    in poem 2 Comments
  • waiting
    on a wirei'm perchedin this parking lot,the air moleculesso empty Read more
    in poem 2 Comments
  • The Remains
    Even the rainscannot renew the remains.Or canthey?  Read more
    in poem, visual/photos/art 0 Comments

Discussion

Comments

  1. Icarus Blackmore
    Sep 21, 2017

    This is wonderful! I love the imagery, and just the general feeling of the poem. It gives off these strong emotional vibes, just through imagery. I love it!

    • Log in or register to post comments
  1. gg
    Sep 21, 2017

    I'm with Icarus on this one. The flow, the pace, the words all fit together to fit the title and the mood -- and the image.

    nicely done.

    YWP founder. Current work: Instagram, Mastodon and https://geoffreygevalt.com
    • Log in or register to post comments
  1. H20.hollym
    Sep 22, 2017

    Thank you both!

    • Log in or register to post comments
  1. kfolley
    Oct 04, 2017

    So many enjoyed this image and accompanying metaphor. I am recommending this for publication so have made minor proofreading changes. To view changes, select Revisions.

    • Log in or register to post comments
  • ABOUT
  • DONATE
  • THE VOICE
  • YWP NEWSLETTER
​Young Writers Project | 47 Maple St., Suite 216 | Burlington, VT 05401
Contact: [email protected] | (802) 324-9538 
 
  • Facebook icon
  • Twitter icon
  • Instagram icon
  • E-Mail icon