 #14 A Woman Wakes Up1994 – 18 x 20 – edition of 26 – $250 |
A Woman Wakes Up
I feel a dancing
down inside me, a leaping-round-the-fire in my blood. I feel a long,
hard running
in my legs and
in my arms.
I feel a howl
opening my throat
to be let loose;
the roaring of the sea
against my ears;
a wildfire burning
in my eyes.
I feel my wings
beginning
in my shoulder blades,
the way green life
emerges
out of rock.
Toes planted in the
deep-sweet-secret earth,
I rise up, tall
as any tree…
stretch skyward,
fingers widening to leaves.
I breathe
and the clouds scatter.
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