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)
One Woman's Quest II 
That’s why we should always be genuine and authentic while living!
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Amen to that!
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Thought-provoking statement. Hopefully, we made a difference as a soul caring for souls rather than being obsessed with material possessions.
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I hope so, too, Eugi!
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Some people think they have the power to divine what happens after death. I’ll never believe any of them.
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I think there is a reason these secrets are guarded, just at the future is often unseeable – we need to learn to live in the present.
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I had to go back and read it a second time. My sometimes wonky vision read it as professions rather than possessions. but of course professions won’t follow us either, will they. A double quandary for those of us full of who we are as well as with what we own.
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Good point, Lou. I see my husband struggling with that now, as he thinks about retirement.
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Food for thought. I’d like to think we still own our essence…hopefully it was good one that we’d still want to own!
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I think that’s my point. If we focused more on building character and less on accumulation we would at least leave an example.
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Our souls are the gold. Too often we aspire to acquire the external in life. This, I think, will change.
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I hope so.
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Death is an equalizer.
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Very sobering . . .
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Yes…
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A profound statement
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Thanks Sadje
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You’re welcome. This echoes my belief and faith
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