Neutral Hues

Everlast

Poem: Footprints in the Snow

 I walked through snowy woods today

You said, “I’m coming,” but I cannot delay

You are not ready; I cannot wait 

Else I risk missing my fate

I passed by trees then lost sight of home

Embracing just being alone

Then I looked beneath my shoes

To see imprints snow would soon lose

I walked for minutes in ecstasy

Snow logged my trajectory

Time and space started to blur

As I observed a scene so pure

If you must find me, look below

Follow the footprints in the snow

I will have left them as your guide

The path to me I have supplied

However, if you wait too long

My footprints in the snow will be gone

Covered fast by winter’s gift

Thus, consider being swift

Winter’s dream encompassed me

Pure white was all I could see

Oh winter, you have my heart

You and I are both works of art

I walked through snowy woods today

I waited for you, now I’m on my way

But I had no doubt that you’d decide

To soon catch up and walk by my side

COPYRIGHT © JENNIFER RIEBLING ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Blue Lipstick

 There once was a lipstick that I had seen

I laughed and was certain it was not for me

Until one day something inside me screamed

“I need that blue lipstick; it’s fun and it’s free!”

I suppose that after I had been cooped up for long

Creativity inside me had been stepped on

And in order to help that feeling be gone

I longed for a blue lipstick over which I could fawn

I dreamed of how I’d pair it with a liner

And the lip gloss choices - even one was designer

In fact I even searched for a blue blush

Can you imagine what energy inside me must have been stuck?

So the girl who wears a lot of pink

Today searched for blue, that’s worth noting I think

And I do believe there must be a link 

Between my desire for blue and my creativity’s uncomfortable kink

For when stiffness occurs to even the girliest

She just may do something daring, though it will not be permanent

She may just buy cosmetics in shades of blue

It just may be to heal all that she’s been through 

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY JENNIFER RIEBLING