Photo credit: Malda Smadi
Free Spirit (Jeep Girl)
By Natalie Jensen
He said I looked like
the kind of girl
who drove a Jeep,
like I didn’t mind knotty hair
and preferred
natural blooms in it
over filtered flower crowns.
He said that when I smiled
with closed lips
that I looked like I was
holding back a secret
and when I smiled with teeth,
it made him feel like a kid
watching fireworks.
I could tell
that he wanted to kiss me
and although
I had nowhere to be,
everywhere was calling me.