tuesday 24 april 2018
first quarter moon in leo.
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in the dark time
we feel,
we rage and despair
we plot and deceive
we weep and suffer.
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Hecate wise woman crone warrior healer, waits at the crossroads.
She takes no prisoners,
offers no comfort,
and yet with words of power slices thru the nightmares revealing our Selves unto our Selves.
confronted challenged offended and then relieved
a flicker is glimpsed in the inky darkness.
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our power rises uncomfortably,
inching closer little by little
the flicker becomes a flame,
an opening
a possibility
a portal to salvation.
***
Hecate leans on her staff holding the lamp high
illuminating the pathways,
our choice.
we glance back over our shoulders
back to our favourite stories,
the ones that have knitted our bones together
the ones that have given our fury a voice
our vengence a space
our existence a reason.
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the lamp flares brighter,
Hecate holds firm
‘woman Up’
she says.
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let go of the stories that no longer serve
let go of the hurts betrayals lies confusions
let go of the angst over traumas of family community earth.
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the dark bleeds into a new moon
a sliver of hope appears in our night sky
the crescent confirms our path
expanding our creativity
the moon plumps full.
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this cycle/circle of waxing and waning
of energies linked to blood and tide
to ocean and womb
to grace and surrender,
remind us,
that we are
the light and the dark
the hope and the fury
the healer and the hurt
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at the crossroads.
your choice
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‘woman up’ originally appeared in flash fiction friday at mNemosyne south coast womens journal
https://www.mnemosynejournal.org/
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the faerie embassy 
Hi Sandra,
I was in a hurry yesterday, glanced at your post, and couldn’t take it in. I considered giving you some kind of generic ‘gee that’s wonderful’ comment just to maintain my habit of commenting on every post every day. I’m glad that I didn’t because I went back today and really read this post and it is exactly what I need in my soul, in my spirit, to be reading and feeling today. I’ve printed it and someday when A-Z is over and life is a little more settled, I will pull out this poem and let it inspire me to make some art.
With gratitude.
Karen
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well thank you karen on many elements – it takes time and energy to respond meaningfully and we are under the pump as they say to visit as many fellow bloggers as we can . like you I try to offer something real in return to the persons post. I am glad that this has spoken to you and may it continue to inspire and give strength.
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Truly beautiful and powerful Sandra thank you – so full of lunar energy…
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the cycles of the moon like the seasons and I guess like day and night give us a pattern in which we can structure our energies – I find that quite comforting..
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This is a beautiful piece of powerful writing. Beloved Wise Hecate demanding only that we own our sovereignty, taking us on whatever path it does.
Thank you as well for the link to mNemosyne Journal – I know I’ll be spending time poking around there.
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thank you deborah , it was moon inspired hecate led which is another way of listening to the wisdom within . I am meeting reading following and learning of so many many women who are owning their sovereignty…
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Beautifully written and I totally agree with the idea of Womaning Up and of Letting Go – both hugely important concepts to grasp – and it took me until my 50’s to begin to get a handle on it all.
Leanne | http://www.crestingthehill.com.au
U for Understand Yourself
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aahh you and me both leanne – perhaps it is that we eventually grow up into what we are becoming and on it goes …
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Your powerful lines struck a chord and I could feel them deep within. Keep writing and keep shining dear.
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I am glad that a chord resounded and thank for the encouragement to continue…
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thank youfor your words Namratha , as you demonstrate in your blog the call is being answered- the earth and the feminine urge us to respond….
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Wow! This is excellent and exactly the need of the hour! ‘Woman Up’ is the call we need. There is so much strength and inspiration in your words!
Up to Us @NamySaysSo
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