Fair weather wake up

The Saga

is selfish

histrionic

A lying manipulative person holding onto dear life.

An image of youth princess sociallyte that never quite made it happen.

Relying heavily on a rich husband and hippy style boyfriend popping onto the stage once a moon to keep the fire lit after another tormented argument trapped in jealous delusion.

Beyond a fantasy of desperate need for others to carry them along with a fanfare parade of accolades that once mesmerized codependents like me to cling to coat tails now faded as dust and chaos remain.

I witness the truth in the breath grabbing straws of recognition with each new business venture laid on a pyramid of political opinions in conspiracies making lively conversation.

Unraveling among yarns of nostalgia with the spotlight upon only them.

HEATED under the surface

All cost and sorrow over what might have been had she not poured it all into motherhood.

Extreme generosity a genuine consolation prize distracting a shady efficiency of being thrown under the bus I gladly take the blame and my apologies for holding her accountable to things said and promises made.

How dare I

I can see now moving back from the flame the busyness as a smoke screen to avoid quality and depth that her skills to throw money at any hint of disappointment towards unfair play.

The pedestal in the distance seems more like a prison cell surrounded by a tornado with the false calm at the center. 

The weather is better in the valley and chasing storms no longer give me thrills.

Compete

I decided to not compete

I can’t compete

no one can compare to the awards acclaim and attributes of

AI

PR

and MFa

There is always someone better and the credits will scroll until the last fan leaves the theatre

I’ve won no awards

no claim to fame

not fancy in attire nor invited to the red carpet

I can’t compete

Running from this thing

to that one

towards a cracked window grabbing the sunshine before nightfall

Sipping on wine with delicate laughter at the joke told again and again over whipped cream and vanilla ice

I won’t keep up on tic tok

link-in

insta app

or the fast lane of get on board before the swells bring sharks to the shoreline

Sub culture rebel with no following of snap snap

Elegantly cacooned in an alternate reality where words have the power

and all worth lies in its work

I can’t compete

I tell myself to soothe this frustration at learning a new game that never gets the ball on the turf

Living in a snow globe of beauty observed and scandal revealed

piercing the lie bubble that compares this one to the same apple of a different shape

embracing the purple that I am

Woman’s Work

A Call to Woman

Who through it all Care in

Sacred Sacrificial devotion to those who speak in a

betterment of tomorrow

Woman

who they say we are

what we thought to be

nurturing by design; worried by definition

Brushing bread crumbs off kiddie cheeks

tying double knots on…

kicks

sneaks

slides, or whatever trendy word I forgot to look up… before

they roll their eyes on the way out the door.

Woman

Work

stretched out amongst a dream

laying down a red carpet to bypass all we suffered

Woman

young

old

married, single,

White, Asian, Native, Black all One

which we can’t deny and must allow footsteps to be laid

for generations to come

with a thousand voices of insight behind her

swooped in with Grace of our common direction.

Waiting patiently

for the referral to see the lady doctor covered by

a promise of a husband with a good job to insure

a right fit into the stirrups

remembering to give out vaccines and birth control to teenagers

in vending machines

rather than the hard education in uncomfortable

conversations about sex, usually left to the

Woman

Work

determined to find peace

Snapping off all which makes us tender in the arms of the family care worker

desperate looking for pennies

dropped on the ground for luck,

Magic

of the finding.

Work Woman

Work

Work it baby, getting it done

Time for fun, not

…hard as nails doing a man’s job

in a suit that is binding.

Work

She

Her

skilled labor for fast food dollars

Educated burnout sitting in the classroom

supporting the teacher directing our sons

on minimum income

Swirling to keep their interest, and the guns

out of their hands and police off their backs.

Equal value commitment to the cause

We roar towards a new way of being

No shame in feeling; AI won’t hug you at the end of the day

woman’s work

Cooking the bacon now show us the pay.

A fire in the belly to see our world

transformed

Great Divine Mother

whose womb we all been born

Sweet Mama Gai setting flames upon our land

fanning creative passion to help us all understand

As we reach back to the trailblazers

she who lead us to independence 50 years only

we celebrate a time

when woman

Work

allowed to bank, buy and burn our bra’s

A drop in the sea of His story

on the horizon I see Her glory.

The ones who clawed and paved the way for us to be here today

Thank You

Gratitude

deep deep honor

You hold these vital facts

that Woman you can speak your mind because

We ain’t going back.