Once Upon a Time
After the Transformation: Discovering the Butterfly Way
Imagine for a moment that you went into a cocoon as a caterpillar.
You knew the caterpillar way.
You crawled around on things. You couldn’t go very far. Your vision
I AM! I Am Just Like You!
I AM
Just Like You!
My Journey Into Reclaiming Womanhood
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another. ∞ H.L. Mencken
I was about 8 years old when
Blue-Grey Ash
I step forward,
Out of shadowless night.
I emerge,
Stripped skin bare,
Naked to the bone, and
Blistered from the inside out.
The last embers of my fire trial,
Burned out,
Kicked up,
In a sudden
The Revolutionary Significance of Vulnerability
Originally published March 27th, 2012, revised May 16, 2015
My work is about becoming vulnerable and about supporting others as they do the same.
It is about choosing to reveal and to stand
It’s Time: My Story
When I think about my story, an image, or rather a vision, comes to mind. I am wearing an old, oversized Khaki trench coat. I have just encountered the strangest of objects blocking the path before me: a brightly colored
Brazen Hussies
Yesterday I started to think about the people around me like they were characters in my new (imaginary) bestselling novel. That got me to thinking not so much about who IS around me,
Free Woman
I stand tall
Arms outstretched,
Back arched,
Breasts bared,
Hair floating
On wind.
I stand proud,
Naked,
Blessedly free
Of prying eyes.
Even if they are watching.
I soak up warmth
From
Divine Passion
At the end of all my longing,
In the dissolution of
My craven hunger,
I feel something open in me.Not with any ferocity.
I open slowly,
Delighting in each scent,
The touch
Bearing Joy
I breathe in the moist air,
My lungs fill with the thickness of summertime.
I am bathing in the silver light of a moon,
So round and full,
Like the curves of