Stepping into our own
We Break Ourselves We see the rocks ahead as we are carried on the tides we fight, and we struggle we break ourselves on those sharp edges We can see the darkness ahead as we walk a lonely path we rage, and we wrestle we lose ourselves inside that inky void We see the danger … Continue reading We Break Ourselves
"Coconuts and Treason" I choose to heed the warnings the klaxon sound of every word the shifting landslide around me but I do not chase any sweet offer the easy promises made the facile assurances behind "coconuts and treason" instead laboring towards my flowers and my freedom the sweat of creating the life and the … Continue reading “Coconuts and Treason”
Breathing Life The messaging demands perfection with ever-moving goalposts the most fleet of foot are caught out and left behind images move away from truth creating the unreality that pins us down a plastic world declaring beauty as a standard enforced upon us all muting the choices we make in favor of silent spaces and … Continue reading Breathing Life #MondayBlogs
Danger *Triggers Today's quotes tackle the topic of domestic violence against women. Although they are what I consider to be words of wisdom, the topic may be triggering for readers. “Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.” - Maya Angelou “We have an abundance of rape and violence … Continue reading Danger *Triggers
Gaze We are not seen as we are we are seen through the gaze that interprets us our motives our movements our every waking moment we are not seen we are figments never fully human just the perception that labels us divides us renders us without recognition that we exist within our own identities we … Continue reading Gaze
False Confidence #MondayBlogs How easy are the angry words to those you see as "weak": smaller in stature, younger in years seemingly all alone but oh, how sudden your change in tone your smiling face your softer side when faced with knowledge that the bite will be worse than any bark ever could be underestimated … Continue reading False Confidence #MondayBlogs
Savage Beauty lulls us into complacency forgetting the danger that lies in the civilization outside of our door we wear our polite mask trained through generations into pleasantness and a non-threatening manner but the savage within us returns as surely as our planet tilts our memories flow in our blood and we begin to shed … Continue reading Savage #MondayBlogs
Earth is a Goddess
Make Ready We are at war with ourselves with the world the push for change buried under greed people become property under the dim view of gas lanterns but we embrace the struggle we ready ourselves stronger in our resolve rejecting this narrow space designated for us we cast away the soft voices the domestic … Continue reading Make Ready