Way way back in the
mists of memory
way back in a pastel haze
the voices that coloured my world
like watercolours on paper
they said
"girls are you listening?
Always Share And Be A Friend"
So I tried
and through the years
as life and time scrawled over
acrylics and markers and oils obliterating
delicate watercolours
I have shared everything
I have given my very core
in the name of love and friendship
I am left with a canvas I do not recognize
Maybe those voices from
the blurry impressionist past
maybe the mottos were wrong
maybe they should have given
us the spraypaint
and let us proto-women make our
own rallying cries
find our own voices
mark our own canvasses as we saw fit
maybe there is more to this
than giving giving giving
(c) 2004 Cateline de la Mer