Monday, May 23, 2011

red and green.


her aunt told her to marry a boy
with a soft mouth, hard men
hit women, sharpen their edges
on your curves, she told her
don’t marry a boy
who doesn’t smile right,
doesn’t laugh kindly,
don’t marry a liar,
don’t marry a fighter.

marry a man who sings,
she told her, who prays,
who talks to you and
doesn’t look away,
don’t marry a man
with something to hide

don’t marry a boy
to become a bride

she married a soldier
with a mouth hard from war,
that tasted like bullets,
had hands like dull edges,
that never cut,
who laughed like a lion
and re-learned how to love
who danced through the streets
the night their country was freed,
and married her in red and green.

4 comments:

Edira Putri said...

aaaawwww
i freaking love this.
so sad yet sweet.

nice post =)

Deveion said...

Very nice!! I like the message.

lunette de soleil police said...

so nice,thank you for sharing,

Rachel said...

Hi, I don't know you at all, but this is really beautiful :)