Enjoying her womanhood, she is fresh,
eager for music, eager to absorb
anything, everything, a keen-ness
we cower to observe.
She is wrapped, securely in herself,
she is shuttered, aloof,
riding her own
unique, light-dazzled wave
explosive with oxygen.
Conflict feeds her vitality.
A household's clash and tumble
excites her teenage electric.
Her voltage sizzles and cracks
blackening the air.
Enjoying her womanhood, she draws
colour toward her, her body
primed white with acrylic
eager for paint. Brushes
are always to hand, she dips
and dips again, lavishing red
and blue, a rainbow's delirium.
Happily love keeps us besotted.
Love is a shield; smiling
we shelter from
the sparks and the splashes.