the doula prayer

May every spiral guide us deeperInto truth, into love, into the dark of a wombAs the ligaments softenOver months of kicking and swellingEmerging in lifeMay our nights bring with themThe waves of laboringIn the warm and fecund waters of communityLight can be...

litany for becoming

One: To become is a life long process. Nothing is constant, not even the self. We evolve in the midst of narratives meant only for some and ways of being made narrow by fear and power. We must, then, have the courage to listen to the truth of our own lives, to the...

when your card declines at therapy, so you write a poem

for a season, you were all i ate i drank in your attention i lived in your world i danced to the rhythm of your heartbeat your words were the only thing sustaining my cells splitting me apart, not caring if anything new came to life turning my blood to poison in my...

a blessing for letting go and stretching beyond

May today offer you what your spirit needs to evolve, to expand, to unfold. May it stretch you, but just enough. Not by force nor demand, but like an invitation that opens slowly, too careful to be rushed. May you be brave enough to loosen your grip on what you know...