"What is to give light must endure burning." --Viktor Frankl

“I have wasted years of my life
agonizing about the fires
I started when I thought that to be strong you must be flame-retardant”

--Amanda Palmer, Ampersand

“When you learn to love yourself
You will dissolve all the stones that are cast
Now you will learn to burn the icing sky
To melt the waxen mask
I said to have the gift of true release
This is a peace that will take you higher
Oh I come to you with my offering
I bring you strange fire”

--Indigo Girls, Strange Fire



06 October 2011

The Comfort of Bleeding

Circa 2007. Self-explanatory.


Every twenty eight days,
belly bloated,   eyes red,
body soul exhausted
I confess my ritual wish
to my partner

With any luck,
I will start bleeding today

Every twenty eight days,
my partner nods, shakes
his head, eases me
into his arms, confesses
he still has trouble
getting used to the sound
of that


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