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Color the Earth

  • Writer: sadie.speaks
    sadie.speaks
  • Sep 8, 2019
  • 1 min read

Updated: Sep 10, 2019

Paint a barn with

make-up

Paint it pretty, too

Make it blush

With smokey eyes

And polish, neon blue


Paint a barn with

make-up

Cover up the flaws

Make it sexy

Pale, nude eyes

And lipstick in the raw


Paint a barn with

cosmetics

Age-defying cream

Fashion it perfectly

Make it over

To satisfy your sick dream


But decorate a woman with

kindness

Dignity and worth

Honor her wisdom

Value her strength

And watch her color the earth


Color the earth, dear

one

With drops of 'You are enough'

Beautiful girl, paint the world

And beat the drum because

You are

You really are

You absolutely are

{Enough}


September 2019





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acapuyan
acapuyan
23 oct 2019

Thank you for this poem. It reminded of messages from long ago about "every barn needs a new coat of paint." Messages offered in jest yet can shape perceptions about dignity and worth. I am grateful for the reminder of all my old beliefs which God's freed.

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sadie.speaks
sadie.speaks
12 may 2022
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I don’t think the man who spoke those words over classrooms of junior high girls meant it in jest, but it is truly amazing what we or others can internalize. And this is just a bad message. Instead, let’s just color the earth!

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