Who will fetch the water? Defense and defamation both hold seeds of ignorance and beauty. Dignity and Debauchery. The jewel is found in the question mark at the end of this sentence: I will only be satisfied when ______? I will fetch the water. Drink, loves. And be satisfied.
I am here. I am watching. I am learning. I think this is an important game. An initiation. We will each receive it in our own way. Bow and let the curtain drop. Well played, everyone. Time for a new way. It is frightening, truly. And tempting to take up a position on the drama …
I let myself dissolve into a flowering cherry tree So that’s how it feels to be almost all the way pink Orange, magenta, deep purple, periwinkle all had their way with me as well I rubbed a Lamb’s Ear leaf on my cheeks as I walked and hummed Through a forest inhabited by roads and …
Are you my mother? I do not have to ask And I feel the weight of Privilege To be so held, so nourished, Celebrated and cherished By Earlene and by her Mother, Maggie and even By her mother Minerva though I Never met her she meets Me As midwife, herbalist, healer, lover And I hear …
If I can help you but I can hold you.
I love this ridiculous life! Especially during the times where I get to feel the low notes course through my being. I appreciate the symphony my heart. I relish bleeding out the past each month as I celebrate my womb. I wholeheartedly eat the junk food and watch the silly shows with my kids. It’s …
“Whoa, it’s kind of scary here in the city.” I ask my 12 year old what she finds the most intimidating as we navigate heavy traffic between tall buildings in our 15-passenger van. “Using crosswalks.” I chuckled, so much honest innocence there. In our town there are no streetlights, let alone crosswalks. Here in the …
Christ is alive in my soul today. Surrendered to life, Living Waters gushing Energies orienting to Harmony The Pagan and the Mormon Have laid themselves down in The cool Spring grass, laughing Over whether the egg is a Tomb or a Womb The housewife and the prostitute are Sharing Tales of shaping boys into men …
There is a difference Between Ability to use Great gifts and power And The claiming of them Through owning and facing the Shadows To prove your worth Or to know it Humbly The gifts then are not a thing You use Rather the way that you Are Used To say No without a show And …
(A birthday sketch by Stevan Barfuss) Fire and water, Within elemental eyes And the presence of Ages, She plays with The energies of death And life,like A child in a sandbox. Playing the game, Flowing with pain and the tumult- Staying Open to receive the Blessings of The Mother, she greets All of the living …
