Not Okay
I want
so badly
for you to tell me
you think I’m
really okay…
… i’m not sure you’re really okay.
Lindsay Riggs Brown
Venus
Open your mouth.
Until the pink inside
breaks through
with piano keys
tinkling out scales.
justice will prevail.
Open your mouth.
Speak up.
Shout out
tell it like you see
it.
Open your mouth.
Break out of the half shell
your long red locks
falling
over your sex.
Open your mouth.
Stand naked
in your alabaster skin
with the strength you
were born with.
You are perfection.
You are an art form.
You are a woman.
Lindsay Riggs Brown
