AS IN ROYAL ELEGANCE (10 Year Reunion Portrait)

She was there

the girl who had shouted

her feminine appeal

in jangles, lipstick and perms

while the rest of us

lived in a world of tetherball,

foursquare and hopscotch.

She entered alone,

in elegant simplicity,

and there held thrall

for just a moment

before melting into the party crowd.

Yet, in that instant

she told us all

with her presence only—

I am a Woman now,

I need no male beside me

(such easily acquired evidence)

to prove my femininity.

I AM.

Then, as a quiet, gracious queen,

she glided toward her audience.

#Feminism #SchoolReunionPoetry