Perhaps I AM That!<\/p>\n
by Valerie Jean<\/p>\n
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Perhaps I am that crazy<\/p>\n
girl who has dreams she can fly.<\/p>\n
I want to fly, eyes opened<\/p>\n
swinging low, like chariots.<\/p>\n
Swinging low, sweet chariots<\/p>\n
rising up – rainbow beauties!<\/p>\n
Perhaps I am that crazy<\/p>\n
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rising – a rainbow beauty<\/p>\n
whose mothers sing in honor.<\/p>\n
Mothers sing in her honor.<\/p>\n
Her Fathers see through her eyes<\/p>\n
Her Fathers see through her.\u00a0 Eyes<\/p>\n
golden gardens sparkling bright –<\/p>\n
She opens like a rainbow<\/p>\n
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over gardens, sparkling light –<\/p>\n
absorbing sun, she spreads it!<\/p>\n
I want to swallow the sun,<\/p>\n
to sprinkle ambrosia smells.<\/p>\n
Sprinkles of ambrosia smells<\/p>\n
like Creator\/God or Source.<\/p>\n
Golden gardens, shiny light:<\/p>\n
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God \/Creator\/Power\/Source<\/p>\n
reflects inside her.\u00a0 Divine<\/p>\n
reflections shimmer in me,<\/p>\n
hungry for that promised peace.<\/p>\n
Bring the peace which was promised!<\/p>\n
Make colorful angels breathe,<\/p>\n
God\/Power\/Creator Source!<\/p>\n
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Kaleidoscope of angels<\/p>\n
dance wildly in her mirrors,<\/p>\n
like I dance in mirrors wild<\/p>\n
as I spiral towards sky,<\/p>\n
spiraling up to heaven.<\/p>\n
Children can feast on her steps.<\/p>\n
Angelic kaleidoscope<\/p>\n
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in the water:\u00a0 God\u2019s children<\/p>\n
standing up, graceful and free!<\/p>\n
Swooping down free and grateful<\/p>\n
they follow wisdom\u2019s current.<\/p>\n
I want to swim in wisdom.<\/p>\n
Perhaps I am that crazy;<\/p>\n
In my mirrors, I see god!<\/p>\n
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Perhaps I am that crazy.<\/p>\n
Perhaps I am that: crazy!<\/p>\n
Perhaps, I am that crazy<\/p>\n
perhaps?\u00a0 I am that?\u00a0 Crazy?<\/p>\n
Perhaps I am.\u00a0 I am that<\/p>\n
crazy. \u00a0Perhaps I am that<\/p>\n
I am, perhaps that I am.<\/p>\n
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Poetry Critique:\u00a0 Perhaps I AM That! by Valerie Jean<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Valerie, I like how your poem questions whether the narrator is a \u201ccrazy girl\u201d while at the same time we recognize\u00a0 \u201ccrazy\u201d to be good, to be positive and not \u201ccrazy\u201d at all, but a word suggesting imaginative, creative, \u201cangelic,\u201d and \u201cdivine.\u201d\u00a0 The \u201ccrazy girl\u201d is to be honored by her mother; crazy is an honorable quality.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other words\/images I like are \u201cambrosia,\u201d \u201ckaleidoscope,\u201d and \u201cangels.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n