a creative woman
making your dreams more real...
 

A poem written in 2007 by Detta
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 Think of a  Woman

Think of a woman who is love with her own essence,
embracing the joy with the pain.
Mixing tears with loud laughter,
she opens her soul, to greet the divergent aspects of her self.

Think of a woman who savours life's rich experience,
discarding the shackles of her inner demons,
she dares to say no and fearlessly shouts yes.

Think of a woman who acknowledges the parts that make her whole.
The sad & mad raw edges, which threaten to unhinge her,
she leaves them alone, sitting quietly, listening until they have spoken.
Knowing where she will take them and where they will take her.

Think of a woman who has sifted through her past;
the hurts & betrayals, the tears and the pain.
Now blazing her way forward, alive, with hope for her future,
in joy and in wisdom, she now dances with life.

Think of a woman who creates her own canvas,
with drizzles of delight, the brush of daily gratitude,
the smile of her knowing, creating the soft warm places
where nurture comes to self, and love surrounds her like a cosy warm blanket.

Think of a woman who basks in the splendour of her own imperfection,
who tenderly caresses the worn tired out energies,
and slathers love on the dried out parched obsolete parts,
now long gone, lost in the vanity of youth.

Think of a woman who refills her cup from life's rich abundance,
when the well is empty, confidence evaporated into the rasping mists of time.
Refilling, slowly, consistently, gently building her own momentum.

Think of a woman who celebrates the reluctant parts of her goddess,
the scared child, the defensive girl, the awkward maturing woman,
the middle years of quiet of relief, the new age of change and the slowing,
she tenderly gathers them up into the breast of her wisdom.

Think of a woman who is tender and open,
who laughs as an innocent, drinking life in large gulps
~ as the earth soaks up spring rain.
A woman who sits through her seasons
sipping dark chocolate in a misty square,
hearing the music playing only for her.

Think of a woman who is friends with the night,
who calls to her angels and makes love with the stars.
A woman who voice resonates with sky and touches earths' soul,
a woman who accepts her limitations and is accepting of other's help.

Think of a woman who starts off as a child,
maturing, ripening gently into succulent wisdom and remaining,
still ever, a beautiful child of her god, a woman who shares her light, leading the way,
being guided by others, as well as her self.
her door always open, willing to serve and to be served.

Think of a woman who sits in the circle of sisterhood,
who walks the hard paths, who climbs the rocky road of isolation to find
the true gifts of her most authentic being.
A woman who embraces it all with love and compassion,
knowing the sweetest lessons are to be found in the shadows of self.

Think of a woman who knows she is loved,
who knows all she has and all she will have is more than enough.
A woman who holds the universe in her soul and her soul in the universe.
Yet knowing she is but a tiny speck of light in the vastness of the yet unknown.

Think of a woman who leaves a difference in her wake,
understanding the duality of life, living fully, quietly making a space for her creations.
Finding the sweet spot between her vision and her reality to fully embrace the present.

Think of a woman who is a woman among women,
a sister of the world, a parent to her child and a lover of her self.
Think of a woman who is fully accepting, free from the harness of judgement,
a woman who embodies the richness of her mind
and the true depth of her soul.

Now think of that woman as you.