To Be A Woman Who Doesn’t Pretend
Hi Beloveds,
Today I have a poem and playlist for you… to perhaps awaken and inspire something within you for our New Moon in Cancer this week… I shared this poem on IG but ICYMI or wanna cut and paste and read often… it is one I am revisiting for myself, as a ritual.
POEM:
To be a woman who doesn’t pretend,
who doesn’t fake a smile,
who never abandons her truth,
even if it hurts!
Even if it is scary!
To be a woman
who stays in the
boiling
discomfort
of a
pregnant
pause
before rushing in
with a pleasantry!
To be a woman
who dares to sit quietly
regal,
like an ancient Egyptian cat,
rather than becoming
catty
or clucky!
To be a woman
who dares to feel
pleasure
in public,
not as a
performance,
but because hiding the delight of watching a sunset
would be a betrayal to the soul!
To live open
outside of the
“what are they thinking of me?”
and
“do they like me?”…
But to let yourself be
unliked,
raw and shining,
without a coat of sugar attracting in the flies!
To be a glistening heart
that says NO
when it must,
and drops heavy tears onto tables,
and your love’s chest,
smears of mascara onto
crisp linen –
Because to not cry
would be to pretend,
to lie –
And you are ready to live a life of no pretending!
You make a face of disgust when you must
and you know it’s a gift to all around you –
to see that you
do not agree
with whatever circus is playing out!
To agree would be to comply
and you cannot!
Or your body will
moan at you,
clench its fists,
and the heart will throb!
Living outside the lie can
feel lonely…
until you discover the others
who have also left the lie!!
And together you sit for tea!
Make the faces!
And sound the sounds!
Cry the tears!
And laugh the laughs!
It may be messier here
with all these feelings
and raw hearts and soul…
but it is truth.
And your body knows truth.
It feels like a long-lost home.
* Poem dedicated to the women in my groups and my clients fiercely unraveling stale patterns and coming into fully embodied liberated conscious femininity! I love you all!
** Poem from my next book… proposal in the works! Stay tuned
*** Photos of me by Francesca Chiamulera
PLAYLIST:
A PLAYLIST HERE for your ritual, embodiment work, and softening, opening, and expressing!
Happy New Moon this week, dear loves.
