Passion and Zest I Got Plenty

...

I love a woman

Whose conviction is

Like a flame in her heart

Of passion and zest for life...

--Roland Simbulan, "The Woman I Love", poem for partners in life & struggle & inspired by his wife Chit Estella

Josephine Wall's painting of a girl in a hat found in Google+

sometimes the formula 

for magic

or for average 

respect between 

two halves

can be 

boiled down to

eminem's recommendation:

"if you're nice to me,

i'll be nice to you

simple as that"

i tell the other/s who 

count 'emselves
significant

to me

no, please,

i don't want a me

to be irrationally 

angry at dust 

o'er furniture

to panick o'er

a three-fourths empty

pantry

i don't want a me

to be this

obsequious 

creature out to please

outlaws & in-laws

or friends on 

their side

of the fence

even the ones

nice on the surface

these days they

actually keep 

agendas secret

ambition propels

'em ever upward

i don't want 'em

to be part of 

the essential me

the oh christ!

she can't bake a

tier of cake me

the one who asks

what future

can i create

out of a 

bumbling past

& evermore

incoherent present?

this will have to do

on this day of days

when violet

hints of violence

when intensity's

plenty can

be harnessed

& harvested

to light electric bulbs

to let loose

dammed dams

women like me

will flame & flower

zestfully

with butterflies

& parasols

o'er our heads

if nicely put

expectations

are edited out

of agendas

apologies

unnecessary

from me

who thinks

what the world

needs now & tomorrow

is passion/heart/zest

to tilt the balance

in women's favor

'tis clear

i've had it

with pragmatic people

those who think

& act

with their heads

but the peace

has to be

kept

so try &

be nice

to the others

including

us who think

& move with

zestful hearts

--Babeth Lolarga

March 8, 2011

11:46 a.m.