The page is from a pale lavender memo pad. I found it today, buried deeply in a box within a box. Today, I find it simple and naked, but unadulterated and sweet.
It was my first semester at college. I was still mixed up in some sort of complicated high school romance. (I don't believe high school sweethearts should stay together.) I wondered innocently what else the world would offer as I wrote the lines, propped up on an elbow and facing the wall. I remember the twin sized dormitory mattress, firm and uneven, covered in some sort of vinyl that would creak with every move. The mattress didn't bother me then because I had wrapped it up in the most predictable of leopard pattern sheets.
I was 19 years old.
How both everything and nothing have changed.
I like red painted toenails
and independence
I like classic glamour
and using words like
fabulous
marvelous
scandalous!
I like feeling alive
and music
I like learning people
and being comfortable.
Don't lie to me
I want you to feel
my energy and
taste my passion
I like to be dramatic
and honest
Be sincere with me
because I will love
you.
I am genuine.
I love this. Plain and simple,I do
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I've missed you <3
ReplyDeleteLove that!!!! I wish I would have been that mature at 19.
ReplyDeleteLoved the poem!
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Yea, that's awesome, Lulu. I enjoyed your flash back.
ReplyDeleteI love this last part of the poem
ReplyDeleteBe sincere with me
because I will love
you.
I am genuine.
It is so true and touching and exactly what I am looking for, someone sincere, because I will love them, I am genuine... Your words gave me chills... <3
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ReplyDeleteRed toes and leopard print sheets, you were a wild woman! I like this a lot. =]
ReplyDeletelove the poem
ReplyDeletelove always
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You have always been -and will always be- so completely awesome it blows my mind.
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Both everything and nothing has changed. Ah, I can relate to this.
ReplyDeleteI really like your blog, it really speaks out to me and makes me feel kind of nostalgic! In a good way though.
I followed you.
Did you write the poem at the end? I have a few things I have written myself, just let me know if you want to take a gander =)
Corinne x
it's so strange seeing past versions of ourselves through old notebooks, what we used to write and how we've changed or not changed at all.
ReplyDeleteAh! So plain, yet so beautiful. :)
ReplyDeleteIndeed, beautiful! My first drop by and an interesting read.
ReplyDeleteThe things I wrote when I was that age are embarrassing. I've thrown them away in haste, upon rereading. Good for you for not being embarrassing.
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