Barbed Beauty

Inspiration: Maude Reilly
Word: Stem

In the midst of the belligerent
and amongst the ugliest demons
true eloquent beauty was regurgitated out of
searing thorns
she hung her head
high
and walked dry away from them
away from it
away from a life
that threatened the true nature of who she was
of what she was becoming
her magnificent soul soared clear across their hotly laughter
into a place that awarded only the beautiful
She by soul and by grace was adored with
respect for the true stemming of who she was.