you, with the outspoken voice
realized early on
that speaking your truth seems to always come with shaking hands
but clenching teeth never brings chills
to the spines of men who are out of line
there is nothing more holy than the way that you carry yourself
comfortable and unapologetic
yet magnetizing heads to follow
the sway of your hips
the bounce of your breast
shoulders pushed back
heart forward and daring the world to meet it
like you are the first woman they’ve ever held
but you are not the first woman that this world has ever held.
we have tried to create sanctuaries out of the palms of men
who have never been shown how to carry the truth in their own hearts
so they see you
woman.
your reverence in how your heart speaks through you
convincing yourself to create the world that can hold your heart’s highest prophecy
take refuge in the embodied empowerment that has always been activated within you
by simply being inside of your body and feeling your truth
what you truly believe will never come from any other source
always rising from within
you will realize that you would rather sit barefoot in a hammock
swaying back and forth
a soothing meditation of movement cradling your body
than be with people who need nine drinks
to feel the swaying back and forth,
their numbing movement cradling their bodies
you will soon come to know how the breeze can move you
in the same way that beauty brings you to your knees in delight
your soul always aching for the car windows to be rolled down
multiple limbs and hair flying
eyes watering
soaring above, the birds will call you ‘wind woman’,
air-conditioning is a tomb to our wind woman ways
you are literally fire
devoted to burning away all of the shame that this world burdens you with
existing beyond the shackles of metaphors that they want to place on you
that sometimes you want to place on you
so listen to me, my love
being in your body will set you free
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