girl dreams
“Almost all words do have color and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone’s eyes light up and know it is a pink word for him or her too” (gladys taber)
my grandmother used to buy me pretty pink dresses
dresses with pleated skirts
dresses for twirling and twirling and twirling
they told me i never looked good in pink
pastels were not for me
green hues of brown
heathered in dirt
blue jeans and braids
but i dreamed of those dresses
pink ruffled
barbie dolls
fashioned from soft petals pressed quietly between pages of love
i stomped around in black boots
torn tees and faded jeans
worms and caterpillers on bark
and puppy dog licks
a dirt smudged face
longing for mascara and pink ribbons
i will have long white hair
pink smiles to match the petals
in my girl dreams
i will lay in lavender fields
and watch the sun reveal the pink in the sky
i will tie a pink flowered apron
over my faded jeans
and hide my pink painted toes
beneath my black shoes
and i will swirl under that sky
remembering her smiles
and i will know
that pink
looks good on everyone
there is a vibrant shade
handpicked just for my pink tinged cheeks.
April 8th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
You ARE pink! Sweet, and rosy, everything that makes me smile and *sigh that I have been gifted with the special of hearts to become friends with - YOU are pink…
:-)
Love you!
(((HUGS))),
me
April 8th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
you knowi think this is a very iomportant piece,, as each of us has fallen so short of ever becoming our “dream girl”… and yet we all know,, somewhere,, she is still there….
April 8th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
and you will be a vision in pink.xo
April 8th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Oh…
You with long white hair, a pink flowered apron and beautiful pink painted toes.
I hope my head of long white hair will be sharing memories and making dreams come true right along side of you.
Thank you my sister, this was like a warm cup of love to me.
xoxo
April 9th, 2008 at 1:33 am
as a child, my sister was always dressed in pink and red, I was dressed in blue to match my blue eyes. I enjoyed this poem very much
April 9th, 2008 at 5:35 am
awesome pink, awesome words!!
cheers to “torn tees and faded jeans”
I really love this poem…you are so talented!
xo
April 9th, 2008 at 5:51 am
ahhhhhhhh…
this one stole my heart.
i love this.
i could see every word.
i loved the apron, the stomping, the swirling…
beautiful.
April 9th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Beautiful floral lightness.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:58 am
The lightness and color here goes so beautifully with this delightful and stirring poem.
You are all of these things…..so gorgeous.
April 9th, 2008 at 9:16 am
beautiful! love flowers..wonderful colors..xoxo
April 9th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Hello pink sweet woman Darlene!!!
Dream on!!!
Be pink!
April 9th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Oh, what a beautiful poem! I hope Spring is near and you don’t have to hide your pink painted toes in your black boots for much longer!!! Your pink world is wonderful… thank you for sharing it.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Darlene, Your photographs are always a beautiful bridge into a wonderful read of sensory images. You rock and I’m loving April’s poetry celebration. XXOO
April 9th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I love this! Pink is for all of us…strong and pretty…to swirl or stomp in as we see fit.
Gorgeous…gorgeous sweet girl!
xoxo
April 10th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Ok, I am in love with this quote.
I have often thought just this, though not as eloquently.
Pink dreams to you sweet one!
April 10th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I just recently picked up some books by Gladys Taber at a thrift store. The whole book I’ve started so far is full of fanstastic quotes like this one. I remember quite clearly being told the frilly dresses were not for me. I was plain and I should wear plain things. I’m drawn to fun colors and fanciful designs now that I can choose.