I arrived in this world
A shooting star
Trailing dreams
And magic in my wake
-gws
Shooting Star
Category: Love
Daughter of Darkness and Fire
This is my season
The season Persephone returns to the underworld
To take up her night-sky crown
A season where darkness rules
And pomegranate seeds glisten
Like ruby drops of blood
Across a dark and mossy earth
A season where candlelight entwines with shadow
And long nights lay steeped in vivid dreaming
In this season I embrace my own darkness
Unafraid of the cold and the quiet
For this is where magic lives
Where the mythical and mystical thrive
Weaving spells amongst the silence
I remember my power just like Persephone
For this is a season where the resolute thrive
I submerge into my own deep waters
My dark reflection staring back at me
As I descend into my true self
Into the rejuvenation that exists
At the heart of midnight
I greet each version of myself
Forgiving myself for every unkindness
Every neglectful moment
In this stillness where I am
Safe and whole inside my power
For this is the season I return to self
Where I remember who I am
A daughter of darkness and fire
-gws
Say the Thing, Make it Awkward
Say the thing Make it awkward For we never know when the final fickle Fate Will wield her scissors and snip a thread from our tapestry Forever severing a connection An action that cannot be undone "I love you." "I miss you." "I care about you." "You are important to me." "My life is better with you in it." Whatever the thing is you feel SAY IT And let it go Knowing that you have released love In some version Into the life of someone you care for in some way We are fortunate to have our lives Woven with many threads But as gently as we are entangled together The severing and unraveling are inevitable Sharp and severe We will have loss But we do not have to have regret Say the thing Make it awkward Only Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos See the grand weaving of our lives How each chapter of our lives will unfold And how and when those varied chapters will end Within those pages we are gifted with the opportunity of choice To give and receive love with the others in our story Say the thing Make it awkward -gws
Big Feelings
My feelings are big They feel bigger than me They feel taller and broader Than the tallest tall tree A hand on my belly I count, "One, two, three..." And breathe in as deep As the shining blue sea Repeat this again As much as I need Until those big feelings They start to recede Last, wrap my arms tight And give Self a hug Say, "You're doing alright." "You just needed self-love" -gws
If I Am Too Much
If I am too much Then let me be too much I am light and expansive And I will not be constrained By those who wish me to be small For like the wind I will not be caged -gws
Because My Mama Loves Me
Inspired by the below Facebook Post
Because my mama loves me no matter how far away we are, or how frequently we talk Because my mama loves me no matter how old I get, or how many babies I’ve had Because my mama loves me no matter how capable or incapable I perceive myself to be Because my mama loves me no matter how broke I am or successful I become Because my mama loves me no matter how little or how much I love myself Because my mama loves me..."more, most, to the moon and back, and to infinity and beyond" Because my mama will always love her baby girl like the day she learned she carried my spark, and will beyond when our sparks rejoin the stars Because I love my mama I will treat every check in like a hug Because I love my mama I will treat every worry like a kiss Because I love my mama I will treat every conversation as a gift Because I love my mama I will treat every gift as a treasure Because I love my mama I will not take any second of her love for me for granted Because I will always love my mama I will love her like the day my spark took root inside of her, and will beyond when our sparks rejoin the stars -gws
I Might Have Been
In another life I might have been A pirate queen A courtesan A poison-wielding spy A teacher's pet A protégé The apple of your eye A doe-eyed starlet A beatnik poet A comic, humor wry An astronaut A swimming star A mime who would not cry And yet I have this life to live One shot for this go 'round For all the mes that might have been I like the me I found -gws
A Love Poem
Your love has me floating Like a helium balloon Tethered to the ground By a heartstring Your love caresses my senses Like the sharp, clean freshness of pine Endlessly stretching heavenward toward the azure sky Crowned in misty clouds and enduring Your love has me believing in forever Like the love found in bedtime stories and fairy tales Two hearts forged into an infinity loop As twin souls merged will do -gws
Metaphysical Intercourse
The most sensitive area of my body is my mind Exchange thoughts with me Stimulate me from the inside out Engage me in metaphysical intercourse Lead me down your roads of contemplation Let me chase you through the field of your philosophies Make my pulse quicken by describing your deepest passions Touch me with your dreams Your secrets The intricacies of your core beliefs Take me on a private tour of your sacred spaces Turn me on with your vulnerability Make me crave your speculations Let me ache for the details of your considerations Expand my mind to bursting with our conversations Until I stop your mouth with the heat of mine -gws
Reasons Rationalizations Justifications
How do I stay away from you When your shadow fits so well with mine How do I wipe you from my thoughts When I can't seem to wipe the memory of your lips from my skin How do I give you up when all I want to do when you speak Is stop your words with my mouth When all I want is to feel your hands on my hips How do I walk away when I see the way Your eyes drink me in when you think I'm not looking I crave you with every pulse in my veins And the way you bite your lower lip says you crave me too But we have so many reasons Reasons Rationalizations Justifications And the truth is I don't care I am not strong enough I don't want to deny this draw It's like gravity Keeping us in orbit of each other I don't want to deny this chemistry That no alchemy can seem to alter So fuck it Let's burn together until dawn -gws
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