EMBRACING THE COUGAR WITHIN by Jen Curry

Spiraling heat of the female elders surges

As we dance to the rhythms of renewal.
Willful amazon women
Stimulates passionate power.
Aspire caring field of presence.
fuel it with desire.
Allow it to rise,
Stabilize, familiarize
Magnify.
Feel the bond of sisterhood
Experience the
Initiation of the Goddess
Enter the cave
of longing and belonging.
Hum the sacred syllables
Dissolve into the essence.
PART OF ME DIED
by Rebecca

Like a dull hum
Then grew like cancer
Till my body was numb
The shock
The hurt
The tears
And the pain
All to form something I could not sustain
A part of my heart broke
My eyes bled the tears
I cried out the memories of many, many years
They started out quiet
Then struck me like lightening
Attacking my soul more than ever so slightly
My face forms a mask
Shields this demon inside
A demon of guilt, anger, sadness
All in one night
It started out quiet
Then part of me died.