by Sheila Rowell

Created on: March 19, 2009

A Bit of Every Woman

Fabulously fashionable with a touch of meekness

Like Audrey Hepburn

Mixed with a flair of boldness similar

To Greta Garbo

What I wear does not wear me

I move gracefully in many things.

Sultry and sweet as the

Vocal finesse of Sarah Vaughn and

Minnie Ripperton

Laced with a pinch of deep, divine tones

Like Maya Angelo and Abby Lincoln

I speak high to low volumes to get my point across

Ensuring every ear hears me

When I dare to speak

I am every woman at any given time

But I am also one entity only

Like Bette Midler and Barbara Streisand

I can appear mighty in any role

But with a touch of genius no other could ever hold

My beauty is inward, all day, everyday

Guarding my outward stance that

Portray images of content, no matter how I feel inside

As lovable and unpredictable as Josephine Baker

I manage to mesmerize many in the excitement

Of just being

And in other arenas my feet are inbound by

the delicate twist of grace and poise

So smooth, powerful and refined, like that of Katherine Dunbar

And Dorothy Hamilton

For those who dare to stare

At the sensual deepness of my eyes

So hauntingly piercing as

Those of Betty Davis'

And Billie Holiday's

Crying inside for attention

That no one can hear

Yet I am only one entity

With a bit of every woman

Encased in all women

Yet I am only me.

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