underneath the cascade of golden
curls, lives a tormented lover of all.
Believing 'must' and 'should' she
precariously tries not to fall.
A wider river does not exist than Haley's
smile which warms the babbling brook that is
her heart.
Mother Nature calls Haley hers
but there is nothing that deters
the
grimacing, growling world of competition
from eating her alive.
Underneath the lively, bouncing locks
lies a girl putting up her stumbling blocks.
with only the perfect whisper she currently
cannot hear, as her intervention, her far,
and her near.
Haley will far exceed her goals
and wonder if that's all she wants.
2011