This poem is a gift of gratitude to my dear sis-from-another-miss, Monica Giron... This woman has been instrumental to my personal healing journey. The ways that she owns her power, carries herself, generously asks for what she needs, and gives what she desires to offer, have taught me a lot about freedom. As I have geographically transitioned out of my community, it has been a powerful practice to offer gratitude to many of the women that graced my life, by witnessing them through my visionary gifts, and painting their portraits with my pen. I have received so much through the “writing down” of my experience of the gifts of these women, and the mythical archetypes they live out in the world. This process has helped me hone my voice, mark a huge rite of passage in my journey, and reflect some of the world’s magic back to it. My friend Monica and I both come from New Mexico, and built a beautiful community together on the US-Mexico border,...
Women's Spiritual Poetry