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)
What a fabulous drawing! Never give up. 💖
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Thanks Eugi
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VJ did you do the drawing? it’s fantastic!
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I did the ink work. Thanks Lou!
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“hitching my hope to will.” – Beautiful!
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Thanks Wynne
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Now, I need my bed 🙂
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Lol.
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I love the ink drawing!
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Thanks Maggie!
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Keep up the good fight
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Thanks Sadje
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You’re welcome
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