Some say a woman’s heart
wears lipstick and a pink tutu
They say her heart is soft
and forgives ever so easilyIn tandem with this tenderness
they say her heart is strong
with a tough exterior
able to withstand multiple blowsThus sayeth the ones
wielding the hammers
This is their narrative
keeping lipstick hearts
– under control
©Vivian Zems
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March 6, 2018 at 7:05 pm
Soft-hearted and hard-headed…kinda hard to answer to both at once. Nicely done.
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March 7, 2018 at 9:30 am
Thanks, Tim 🙂
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March 6, 2018 at 7:16 pm
I’d be very suspicious of anyone who tries to define the landscape of my heart without knowing me first too.
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March 7, 2018 at 9:30 am
Precisely.
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March 6, 2018 at 8:38 pm
Very good.
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March 7, 2018 at 9:24 am
Thank you!
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March 7, 2018 at 1:08 pm
Very welcome..
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March 6, 2018 at 8:47 pm
You are on a sassy uppity woman roll and I love it. I like this poem in particular. You really put it out there. I too would be suspicious of someone trying to define my heart. It may wear a pink tutu but it walks around in combat boots.
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March 7, 2018 at 9:22 am
I love your response…I’ll always think of you as the cute heart with combat boots. My muse seems to have recharged…and I’m loving it! 🙂
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March 6, 2018 at 9:06 pm
This is a powerful and an inspiring post!
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March 7, 2018 at 9:12 am
Thanks, N!
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March 7, 2018 at 3:08 pm
😬
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March 6, 2018 at 9:21 pm
So many think they can describe your emotions without understanding that it takes listening and not just telling.
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March 7, 2018 at 9:11 am
Absolutely!
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March 7, 2018 at 2:27 am
Idiocy brews all kinds of nonsense, doesn’t it? Every time I see someone grouping people, as if multitudes could be defined as one, I want to scream. A tutu? Fine! I hope it’s made of very flexible strong fiber, I’ve never met anyone who can wield a hammer while asphyxiating.
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March 7, 2018 at 8:29 am
Love your kick-ass answer! (LoooooL!!!!)
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March 7, 2018 at 5:29 pm
😀
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March 7, 2018 at 6:09 am
Spot on!
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March 7, 2018 at 8:24 am
:).. Thanks!
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March 7, 2018 at 7:04 am
I think they should have eradicated the gene in men by now that attempts to rule women and subject them to abuse. Castration could be one solution.
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March 7, 2018 at 8:17 am
Lol!
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March 7, 2018 at 2:55 pm
Only a woman can define a woman.
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March 7, 2018 at 7:43 pm
Exactly!
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March 7, 2018 at 8:39 pm
We needed to read this, Vivian. feel for those women you wrote about. They are caught in a trap and are being used terriby wrong. I know several who didn’t put with it and I don’t think they forgave either.
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March 7, 2018 at 11:52 pm
Thanks for reading this….it’s a predator/prey world out there…sadly
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March 8, 2018 at 12:13 am
Ballerina’s ARE tough (their work out routine would kill most men 🙂 therefore a tutu is a fine symbol of strength in my opinion.
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March 8, 2018 at 10:38 am
Well said!
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March 22, 2018 at 6:12 pm
Wonderfully written!
🌸🌸
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March 22, 2018 at 7:14 pm
Thank you 🙂
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