And God Laughed - Poem

"broken"

they said,

as they looked at me in pity

"locked inside her own world"

strange

shimmering

like a mirage

a fairy

something not quite real

and not quite sane

"broken"

they said

and they frowned

and pathologized

the "why's" and the "how's"

that they could not explain

"lovely"

god said

and he smiled

and laughed

in the roar of thunder

i made her wild

i made her a rainbow

in a world of grey

i made her untameable

untouchable

i made her to see

in the dark

with cat's eyes

to understand the whisper of the stars

to feel strength pulsing in the earth

i gave her wings

invisible

that no one can see

and they wonder why

my hands flutter

like a moth seeking a flame

i gave her a voice

that no one can hear

only me

that the angels bend low to hear

when all the world hears

is silence

i gave her a heart

made of glass

that shatters into a million pieces

and heals itself

over and over again

i gave her a glow

that the world

tries to hide

and they run away

because it's too bright

and they squint in the light

and she was shadowed

and sheltered

and hidden away

because the light exposed

all their flaws

and they cried

and asked why

she had to be so bright

couldn't she turn it down

couldn't she turn grey

like the ashes

that hid their souls

as they wasted away

and she sparkled

and they shuddered

as the light shone through the cracks

that they'd made

while trying to make her

in their image

and god laughed

at their wonder

and their worry

as she grew brighter

the harder they tried

to suppress her

and she spoke to the sky

and god laughed

in delight

An experiment in free verse poetry. Ten minutes of free writing.