Earth cracks in mud
expose unwelcome truths,
the takeover of
women’s minds
by the need for power,
driven by hunger to be loved –
even by unworthy men.
Grief for Our Own
sinks beneath the waves
erupts as indifference,
competition,
too much sweetness,
meanness,
the need for control.
Not seeing
the Plight of Woman
as a way of life
becomes the ultimate defense
against abandonment
by the other
within ourselves.
It is only by combing
the ground for cracks,
that we gain access
to the truth.
Love for Other Women
is the force we need
to shift Death into Life.
Within the raging Fire
of Woman’s Grief lies
Authentic Hope.
And Earth Wisdom
is erupting from her
Fault -lines.
Will We Listen?
Working notes
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours examining bear tracks in the cracks of a river – bed trying to unravel the bear’s story. When I got home I felt renewed. Some important message had erupted out of the Earth (via the Great Bear Mother?) validating my personal perspective in a way that is beyond my present understanding.
“We are living in very dark times” one woman wrote to me today. So many women (including myself) continue to struggle with our collective women’s grief over the continued cross – cultural sanctioning of rape. This time we cannot let it go. We feel that an authentic shift is impossible unless we begin to support women in ways that have been lost to us for millennia…I think the cracked Earth was communicating this message to me yesterday.
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