Smiling prettily in front of the mirror <br />Placing a crown of woven flowers <br />Among carefully combed curls <br />Attaining a posture that empowers <br /> <br />Walking into the freshness of the day <br />Hearing the song that free birds sing <br />Wearing a dress with ruffles and bows <br />Enjoying the marvels of a joyous spring <br /> <br />Returning home…passing a diamond <br />Enhanced with emerald green grass <br />Hanging her delicate frock in the closet <br />Putting on jeans and a T-shirt at last <br /> <br />A brimmed baseball cap firmly flattens <br />The girlish traces of feminine familiarity <br />With enthusiasm she bounds to the field <br />Soon the crack of the bat rings with clarity <br /> <br />5/13/08<br /><br />Theresa Ann Moore<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/girls-will-be-girls-2/
