Cleveland Girl (Poem)

Cleveland Girl

I wanted to frame

Those stares and smiles

Adoringly beholding me

Perhaps-

Instinctually begging attention

From my camera lens

As if I were a photojournalist

Or

Fascinated by L’Oreal Ginger Twist

Meandering through my hair

As if I were a redhead

Or

Making natural kinship

With my mother-like eyes

Asking for recognition

And confidence from a woman.

So I smiled back

And captured you impulsively.

© Expressions by Christine 6/27/11