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Tag Archives: poetry
A Lovely Silence
I’ve found a lovely silence after so many years
it feels nice to return to the way things were…
Toe The Line
Should I be like you and tow the line,
follow rules that served a different time?
Solutions – My Friend Temper
Exploring Patriarchy Chapter 28 – Temper. My Friend. You keep me safe when the load gets too heavy and they won’t give me a break.
Speaking out calmly and assertively when there’s pushback is always a risk. Now, it was a risk she was willing to take. A risk she was angry enough to take.
Access To Vitamin D
Do they have access to sunshine and Vitamin D? All of these women whose skin the sun doesn’t see?
I Won’t Be A Victim
I won’t be a victim – I ‘ll take the controls. Dig my own ditches or explore a new road.
My Clothes Have Shrunk
My clothes have shrunk
No – I do not lie!
It’s not all that cake and apple pie…
Solutions – Moving On From Anxiety
Exploring Patriarchy Chapter 27 – It’s cuddly dog and happy face and we have to look our best, hair always neat and in place. Skirt around what’s going down because talking like it’s okay can turn things around.
This chapter was inspired by a wonderful book on positivity – ‘I’m OK – You’re OK’ by Thomas A Harris, MD.
Unbroken
Will you accept your role and the part that you played, all those years that you looked away, pretended that all was well and things were okay, even though you knew she lived with fear each night and day?
Practising Sovereignty
Exploring Patriarchy Chapter 24 – Microwave Madam learns new skills.
Practising. Some steps forward. Pushback. . .
