triumph

anxiety fluctuates
with the occurance of special occasions
with the reoccuring frustrations
that come with affection
she felt it was a lost cause
she felt it was a curse
until she walked into a room
and beneath her elasticine waistband
there was direction
someone showed her
someone told her
what to do
someone who knew
and by slowly stretching her limits
by slowly expanding within it
she's laughing and she is thinking
this is more like it
and roses unfold in her hands,
suddenly she understands
why everybody's doing it
when roses unfold in her hands