The Lilac Room (Day 576)

That was the year I wanted to paint 

my bedroom the precise pale lilac 

of a floral print on a beautiful pillow 

I found on clearance in a local boutique. 

But, worried lavender would look silly, 
I settled for a nice sky blue, and that 
only on a single “accent” wall.

That bedroom is far behind me, 

but I still have the little pillow.

Now and then, I look at it and think 

about that devastating year, and how

it might have been a little sweeter

if I could have enjoyed my lilac room, 

if I had trusted my purest instincts, 

if I had found a way to say Yes to myself. 
And, I wonder:  To how many other 
yesses might that choice have led me?

(c) 2018, by Hannah Six

Image: Mary Cassatt, Lilacs in a Window (1880), 

oil on canvas, via Wikimedia Commons