THE RED DRESS by Yvonne Brewer

 

The Red Dress

She gently stitches the final layer of red lace on the cuff of the sleeve. 

Adds more velvet covered buttons on the back. 

Runs her fingers along the curves of the skin-soft fabric. 

Smiling, she imagines the voluptuous shadow, 

the mannequin sprays on her workshop floor, 

has a handsome dance partner 

who takes her hand as they saunter

to the secluded garden. 

Spinning her as she careens

in golden sandals, he steals a kiss

between their gliding rhythmic steps. 

Mistletoe berries and the red fabric glow with the light of the moon, 

creating an iridescent carpet of brightness. 

The humbled trees hide in faded clothing of shyness. 

She sews one last button. 

Her delicate creation is placed 

with pride in the tiny shop window.

Like a red traffic light, it pauses the rushing

evening Christmas shoppers on the 

narrow cobbled street.

To dream and wish and blush. 

Yvonne Brewer  lives in Cork, Ireland and has had poetry published since 2014 with Women’s Spiritual Poetry, including in their fourth anthology “Goddess: When She Rules: Expressions of Contemporary Women,” (Dec 2017). Motherhood has taken her down a very creative path and her writing is greatly influenced by her children, her dreams, nature and Ireland's past.  In 2013 Yvonne self published an e-book called Breathe and Bloom. Soul Mother Meditations. Yvonne published her first poetry book, Twigs in 2018. Both are available on Amazon. Connect with Yvonne  via her facebook page here. 

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