Wear Your Purple Now

My Grandmother said when she got old she would wear purple, she adored the poem “Warning”

Its words, its call, so bold yet… so gently warming.

She wore her purple with a red hat too.

Her authenticity had freedom, and she wore all its vibrant hues.

Teaching me courage, she said to wear my purple loud.

To dance through life unbothered, gracefully living life unbowed.

She embraced her truth with every year she grew further in age.

A queen who lived beautifully, free from societies relenting cage.

She told me not to wait for my silver strands.

To live right here, right now, to shape my life with my own two hands.

So I’ll dye my hair with ends of purple flame,

To keep reminding myself everyday to be me, living from my own name.

I will not wait for the end of my years,

to be brave, quiet down these doubts, or end the fears.

I choose to wear my purple now, flowing within its tide,

To let my wildness run free, to taste, to feel, to know what’s on the other side.

I’ve carried this so quiet for too long, it feels so strong,

My dreaming soul echoing out its fiery heartbeat lead song.

Telling me to clash my colors, and sing off key.

To wear my joy loud and unapologetically.

Life’s simply too short to wait until I fade to gray,

I think in that time, my dreams would slowly shift and maybe even just drift away.

So I’ll love myself right here, right now without an ounce of regret.

My time is not someday or peaking out from behind a not yet!

So I’ll wear my purple, and I’ll dye my ends,

And never fall victim to following the worldly trends.

For too many years I’ve spent playing myself small,

Trying to fit in, afraid to rise… or maybe just afraid to fall.

And though my red hat might be a tad new,

My purple has always carried my spirit freely and that’s held true.

Wisdom shouldn’t have to wait for certain number or age.

I don’t want to hold myself back, I wont waste time in that cage.

The world is ours to dance upon,

So wear your purple now, before it’s late and gone.

TB💞
Inspired by “Warning” ~ Jenny Joseph

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