An incorrigible hagengages my loneliness –like an assassin sniffing outany scent of vulnerability I am lowering standardsthis history of imprisonmentenabling inappropriate openings I cry for new perspectiveponder after boundariesintending to defend Like an unwanted bullseyeI am pursued on repeatmalice considering mea problem to be solved Who is this old womanwhose thoughts are daggerswho calls upon […]
I know that abyss –swallowed up as I waspunch-drunk on darkness Bled as I emerged,each reach a scrape –there was release too Revived now, I honourthat passage, recognizethe making of a woman. (Making of a Woman first appeared here, December 2021. Image: self portrait in ink)
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Beautiful image and thank you for the uplifting piece!
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Yes!!! I love this VJ!
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Thanks Terri!
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So true.
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I’m from New York, we don’t trust anybody. 🙉
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I’ll make an exception for you because you have a big heart. 💖
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Nicely said, VJ. Keith
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Thank you for this moment of affirmation, VJ.
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Great words of self affirmation
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