Napo 10

A little messy today, but I found some time in my day to at least get something down. Today's prompt was to write with alliteration. I tried to include some in every line without overdoing it. 

Bluebonnet Smile

Smile, he tells you as you’re struggling

To keep your head up, hair in your face,

Eyes on sparkling cement at your feet.

This stranger simply wants to see you

Bloom like a field bluebonnets,

Your lips lulled open by his presence

As though his words were spring,

His tongue the month of March,

His wafting breath the wind.

But your books tell you your body

Is not a coppice in spring, created

to always be beautiful. But if it was,

too, you’re allowed russet sometimes

like that same grove in August, giving up

and letting the drought dictate

the color of your Monday mood,

a frown forever draped in brown.

Your face tumbleweeds in trepidation

As you bite your tongue, taste

the bitter summer dust of blood.

The world will come, take selfies

of the waves of wildflowers,

display the loveliness of this land

as if that’s all there is to see. Who wants

to remember the desperate face of drought,

the windswept, weathered landscape of your body.

Today, you’ll save your smiles for the mirror.