Menstruation

I love you who challenges me
Just hours before the pink moon rises
You bring me your crimson gift
Flowing rose petals flutter between my thighs
You arrive

When you’re around
Liquid flows from my body in various forms
Tears of vulnerability
Flow freely
I float in salted water and my elements

I spend time reflecting
Horizontal in my position
When I stand, I’m reminded of your presence
Because you run from me
Violently

I am a blooming rose, spectacular and beautiful
Red blood pumping through my heart
Blood red running down my legs
Swollen uterus, empty womb
I embrace this life of bleeding

At 43, I hug my emptiness
Soon I won’t ride these waves again
No longer do I desire to be full with baby, full in breast
You and I will say goodbye
I wait for the day that I am my own again

Ode To Christa

Oh, glorious Christa

You are to be celebrated

Sweet in your manner, usually

You smell like lavender flowers, mint and patchouli 

I love how you cut your bangs without permission

I also love the way you resist patriarchy too

There is so much to love about you

Your wit, sincerity and wandering soul

A woman of depth, strength and fire

I love to see you grow

We have created meaningful memories

Even if your husband disapproves of me

You bake the best cookies, brownies

And now you bake my banana bread recipe

So charmingly, in your apron, you bake in your kitchen

I crave your lentils; your charismatic legumes

When I hold your baby girl, I want her

Because she is part of you

You plant strawberries in your garden

Later, I see your blossoms bloom

One year ago today we met

I cannot promise an ode each year

No matter time or space

We shall be sisters, my kindred spirit

You are extraordinary in so many ways

I hope you know it

You radiant, glowing, woman that belongs to no one

This is my way of showing

My love for you will never stop growing

Until

The End

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There is so much 

Love to love

I feel the space

Between us 

To do just that

Feeling feelings

Is my way of living,

My way of freedom

I've always maintained

I cannot be contained

My mind wanders 

I refuse to label my humaness

I will just own 

Who I am 

And, still you love me

Fully

More than I could know

I exist in the wilderness

Floating in the thickness of the clouds

Resisting the ground that calls me back

Why do I love you so?

Every time, the answer is

Because you love me first

For my whole life

I will choose

You