blood used to mark her territory
like a wolf pissing circles round its den
sniff too close, bares her teeth
new gold moon stay inside my skin
once called a curse Eve blamed so
misses the colour so she paints red
on her lips
permission it gave her
to strip the world off her
stand like an oak
remote
as a decorative cherry
deciding where to plant
her healing in the world
drinking from the roots of her feet
what she needed
until the next orb
used to bleach it out of her
now staying in her sacrum
snaking
like a rope on fire
re-circuiting
rewire
new gold moon
stay inside my skin
a new and graceful girl
period
paused
inside my skin
(c) 2007 by Patti Sinclair
http://poet-at-large.blogspirit.com/
http://rednettlepress.ca
...author of "Motherhood As A Spiritual Practice",
"out of the witch's mouth", and runs the "red earthwomen
presents" reading series in pei.
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