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She Writes Lightly
March 16, 2018
She writes lightly
just in case
she makes a mistake
she can erase
and no one will know
that she isn't
perfect
She has sunburn on her scalp
from the blistering heat
of her thoughts
so she wears
a baseball cap
even on cloudy days
In school one day she was asked
to take off her hat
but her hat stayed on her peeling head
as she signed a detention slip
with a signature written
so lightly
it was as if
she was planning to
erase her name
© Michael H., Mildford, CT
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I've always enjoyed observing peculiar behaviors of people . It's a hobby of mine to formulate stories about them. In school I saw a girl writing with hardly any pressure to her pencil point, and I deduced that she was insecure. I transformed this idea into a poem. I think that's what poetry is all about- realism mixed with hyperbole.