Fully-Fledged A Woman Poem by Mark Heathcote

I like the new outdoor look - it suits you,
you look confident, really, chilled-out
your old-weaker childish-self has fled;
and now you look fully-fledged.

A woman who has suffered emerges
after breaking out of her cage bars-
cocooning: you were then in, has grown.
—Insipid fear is now a bucket with a hole.

Where lovers potentially hang around
with a ladle-full of smiles hoping to soak
-up their souls in this new-look-you.
I too like the new look you, it suits you.