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Sweet
Sixteen
She
tastes rose petals
with her tender tongue,
flings sunshine
in wild abandon,
catches moonbeams
in velvet gloves.
Prom wonderland
awaiting,
she prances
like a prize pony,
lace and ruffles
dancing
in a breeze
of fleeting dreams.
Copyright © 1993 Ruth Gillis
(First published in Thirteen
Poetry Magazine
October 1994)
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