I am the womb of every hope I am the fire of every season I am the queen of every hive I am the tomb of every life
I am a drop of morning dew I am a star in the evening sky I am the light by which you read I am a word in this very book
~ from the Song of Amergin (Note: Amergin was a bard, druid and judge for the Milesians in the Irish Mythological Cycle.)
“How do you find the goddess? By looking where you are. . . . She is everywhere, penetrating every moment of every life with feminine power. There is not a single part of life that she does not touch; there is not a single place on this earth where she cannot be touched.
When did we first learn to forget her? Did we not all, as children, know the pervasive power of divinity? Did we not all once know how to fall between the slats of time into a timeless world where she endured? We can get back that sense of wonder at the radiance of creation. How? By looking. Looking everywhere, looking at each moment. She has never left us; we have never left her. She is here, in this precious moment, as surely as she has ever been.”
~ Patricia Monaghan, The Goddess Companion, February 19th
“Brighid, Thou Exalted Lady, Bríd, Brig, Bride, Brigit, Brigantia, Sainted One, Foster-Mother of the Christ and all who came before, You Who keep watch at the sacred fires. Healer, smith, poet; midwife, keener, shaper, transformer. Across miles and across aeons Your children call. Beloved Brighid, arise. In the secret cave of this dark night, light the fire of spring. Lady Most High, Muime, Fire of Creation, Well-Keeper, Mother of the Isles, Living Oak, Aid-Woman, Forger of Souls: On gentle wings, carried by flame, Heed our cries and be with us this Imbolc eve. Arise from betwixt us, each fire feeding the other, Spread your mantle over this reaching circle of spirits. Bring to our souls nourishing milk, To our hearths, wood and heat, To our heads, the bright flame of clarity, To our hearts, clear water and soothing herbs, To our hands, strength and resilience to shape and be shaped. Under Your branches, before Your forge, In the water of Your well, in the solace of Your hearth, We await You. Arrive and be welcomed. O tar isteach, tá céad fáilte romhat, a bhean uasail! O enter, you are a hundred times welcome, noble Lady!
“It’s madness to hate all roses because you got scratched with one thorn,
to give up all dreams because one of them didn’t come true,
to give up all attempts because one of them failed.
It’s folly to condemn all your friends because one has betrayed you,
to no longer believe in love just because someone was unfaithful or didn’t love you back,
to throw away all your chances to be happy because something went wrong.
There will always be another opportunity, another friend, another love, a new strength.
For every end, there is always a new beginning…..
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – The Little Prince, 1943. .
Posted one year ago today…I am at peace and doing well now.
You called yourself my friend. You tried to control me…I resisted. You put me down…I didn’t listen. You created constant drama in my life. You took from me…then made excuses. You yelled at me and threw temper tantrums. I made excuses for you. You helped yourself to my money and possessions… and manipulated me. I closed ranks. You betrayed me… You lied to me and about me… Then you lied and said you didn’t lie. Then you blamed me for everything. When I would not comply, you flew into rages. Then you called me crazy when I would get upset. Then I felt as if my life was at risk and it was. You created a horrible situation and then didn’t understand why I told you I would move. The trust was completely gone and then…
SO was I.
So when you ask me why? This is why. End of story… Over Done with… Gone. This woman found a new home.
Since I’ve been gone so long heres some new work for your viewing pleasure.
Enjoy.
TOXIC LOVE
They say to fall in love with someone is to hand them a loaded gun and trust them not to pull the trigger I handed you the gun you emptied the clip unloaded the magazine you used me for target practice and convinced me that was all I was worth you convinced me the mess you were making of me with a masterpiece I told you, you’re hurting me you told me it was my fault for feeling the heart break when you never intended it one day I was the love of your life, the next day you didn’t want to touch me I was hurt and confused begging to know why all you said was you were too broken to love me right you painted me as a villain and yourself the victim of your story when all I did was try my best to love and protect you I painted you to be the hero in mine and painted myself as the one you were saving when all you did was use me to get what you wanted you told me you loved me every time you felt me slipping away looking back, I see now you only loved the way I loved you and you couldn’t let that go I loved you unconditionally I did anything you asked I got you anything you wanted I trusted you with the most fragile pieces of my soul you trusted I would never walk away from you no matter how badly the pain you convinced me I would put myself through got you always knew the right thing to say to make me stay you made me believe I made up the pain, you didn’t intend to hurt my feelings so therefore my feelings weren’t allowed to be hurt you left me and the blindfold I created from your toxic love lifted and I saw the mess you made of me for the first time in years it wasn’t a masterpiece it was a crime scene you left me and I found myself broken and bleeding alone on the bathroom floor you never saw the hurt you caused, I never wanted you to know I knew if you did you’d come back just to convince me that it was a hurt that I created from the lies of memories I stored I know now those memories I have of you being the villain we’re never lies I was never crazy you, were just a master of manipulation you had me believing I needed you to breathe but the truth is you were the only threat of Suffocation in my life you had all of me convinced that the day I leave would be the day I wouldn’t survive well I survived I am surviving without you….
GreatCosmicMothersUnite 