There is a girl inside.
She is randy as a wolf.
She will not walk away and leave these bones
to an old woman.
She is a green tree in a forest of kindling.
She is a green girl in a used poet.
She has waited patient as a nun
for the second coming,
when she can break through gray hairs
into blossom
and her lovers will harvest
honey and thyme
and the woods will be wild
with the damn wonder of it.
Emily Balivet, “Awakening Pagan Spring Goddess”
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i love this!
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Thank you! I wish I had written it.
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Thank you so much … it perfectly fits my own process. Recently I was called to awaken the goddess within me, and then I dreamed of an eight-year-old girl with red hair, much like the pagan goddess on that beautiful painting. Awesome synchronicity! 🙂
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Yes, so amazing. Red hair goes well with Aries and Spring Equinox. Best wishes on your process.
Monika
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Wonderful! Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Amazing painting Monika. I just went to her website and her work is incredible. Thanks for sharing this poem also with so much in-depth meaning.
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I love this verse. This is my interpretation of the poem:
“She has waited patient as a nun
for the second coming,
when she can break through gray hairs
into blossom”
Mother Nature is constantly regenerating herself. It does not age. It is always fresh for the harvest; yet the process remains a mystery; for wilderness alone can act in such ways that humans do not fully understand.
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I also thought that there is the theme of the triple goddess in it: how “an old woman” has a wild, rand girl in her heart.
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Thank you, Maria. I often include Balivet’s art in my posts because I really love it, too.
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Yes, thank you for helping to interpret it!
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Wonderful! Love it.
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I am very happy to hear it. I think Whitman would approve.
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Very lovely indeed! How can I message you privately?
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Reblogged this on lampmagician and commented:
and her lovers will harvest
honey and thyme
and the woods will be wild
with the damn wonder of it. ❤ ❤
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Beautiful poem and image!
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Thanks, dear Jeff.
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