Tonight's Poet Corner: Pensive on Halloween

Pensive on Halloween
by Belinda Roddie 

It's funny to be
thinking about this on
Halloween night, but I was

driving from work and
lurched behind a van that
had a simple
window sticker that
read: "You are beautiful."

And I
wish it were

that

easy
to remember
how beautiful one is
without a mirror
without a mask
without a
curtain to
hide
behind.

Some day, I hope.
Right after
I get back home and
fill my belly with
leftover
trick-or-treating candy.

Comments

  1. ArdenNovember 2, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    You are beautiful, and don't you ever forget that. <3

    ReplyDelete

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