They Said, You’d Be So Pretty If You Just Lost Some Weight
byWhen I was younger They told me, “You’d be so much prettier if you just lost some weight.” So, I carved at my thighs…
Poetry
She Drifts
byShe drifts in the wind, like a wandering leaf, dancing in the autumn’s gold, She appears not to care, her eyes do gleam, defiant,…
I Will Not Be Chased From My Magic
byI will not be chased from my magic. They won’t keep me from walking alone at night. From slipping out barefoot, bare-chested; and meeting…
There Is Beauty In Your Brokenness
byThere is beauty in your brokenness. In the fragile feeling of maybe falling to pieces, with one more poke or prod or punch. In…
I Am Everything
byI am the light that pours in through the windows as the sun rises at first dawn. And I am the aubergine silk glistening…
Into The Wild
byThis garden used to be her favourite place of all. The way the blades of grass all stood neatly in line, touching shoulders. The…
Finding Her Voice
byshe learned not to speak up, or shout out so they drowned her voice out with their roar but she has been doing some…
The Woman In My Life Is Me
byI am the woman I run to when my world turns inside, out. The woman I can count on to dry my salty tears,…
I Bleed, And This Is Not My Weakness. This Is My Power.
byMy body ebbs and flows, like the waves of the ocean. She mirrors the moon, journeying from darkness into light. The sun sets, nights…
She Has A Beauty That Is More Than Skin Deep
byShe has a beauty that her bones and blood are made of. Beauty that is seeded in her soul, and nestled in her womb….