I Know Many Big Cats Who Are Not Lions Who Speak Loudly And Have Nothing To Say
We are leading like women and women don’t need to stab a man in the side to take his power.
We are leading like women and women don’t need to stab a man in the side to take his power.
Your heart has an entire universe of love swelling inside of it, overflowing in abundance.
Collectively it is our duty to love and hold and nurture each other.
My partner would have stood up to their neck
as the water rises in the flood
my partner would have said
“Cool. We will figure this out. I’m here. I’ve got you.”
“you’ll be fine”
strength says
Even if you laid by their side for 48 hours and listened, and held them and loved them through the nights and did it all “right” you still couldn’t have saved them.
and setting it up
getting all the things straight
and then going okay
what’s your shit?
and your partner going
this is some of my shit
and just heaving that all into the pot.
And in that, I am free.
Can the world handle you with your red heart beating open?
She went on to be the first woman to film a documentary on Everest where she captured what she claims is a metaphor for human ambition. Stories of dead bodies and garbage cluttering the walls of Everest. Oxygen tanks being stolen. Everyone wishing to rise while stepping over this Earth and each other.