Sacred Awakenings

03/30/2024

08/17/2021

I thought I wanted to be unshakable
So nothing could blow me off course.
But that was the ‘me’ thinking I knew the best way to get there,
Instead of letting Her drive.

Last night I woke up to a thunderstorm.
This morning my heart cracks open even more to you.
How can I possibly hold all this sorrow and all this joy,
all this fear and all this love that I feel?

I thought I wanted to be unshakable. I was wrong.

Oh yes, let me be shaken to my core.
Again and again.
I groan as I bend,
lean in to the wind that sculpts me,
thank the water that soothes me
welcome the fire that scars me,
and fall into the arms of the earth that holds me,
whispering prayers and ancient spells
in languages I had almost forgotten.

Now, together,
we are remembering to-get-Her.
Healing ourselves,
healing the world.
Will this lifetime be enough?
No, it never is. That’s why we keep seeding ourselves and sprouting up
throughout the ages, in every country.
Guardians and teachers of the wisdom and love of She,
shaken loose and shaken free — unstoppable.

~ Flora Ware
www.strengthandsoul.com

Art by Debra Bernier
www.shapingspirit.etsy.com

08/17/2021

I am resilient
I trust the movement
I negate the chaos
Uplift the negative
I’ll show up at the table, again and again and again
I’ll close my mouth and learn to listen

These times are poignant
The winds have shifted
It’s all we can do
To stay uplifted
Pipelines through backyards
Wolves howlin out front
Yeah, I got my crew but truth is what I want

Realigned and on point
Power to the peaceful
Prayers to the waters
Women at the center
All vessels open to give and receive
Let’s see the system brought down to it’s knees

I’m made of thunder
I’m made of lightning
I’m made of dirt
Made of the fine things
My father taught me that I’m a speck of dust
And this world was made for me
So let’s go and try our luck

I got my roots down, down, down, down
down, down, down, down, down, deep
I got my roots down, down, down, down
down, down, down, down, down, deep

So what are we doing here? What has been done?
What are you gonna do about it when the world comes undone?
My voice feels tiny and I’m sure so does yours
But put us all together we make a mighty roar

I am resilient
I trust the movement
I negate the chaos
Uplift the negative
I’ll show up at the table, again and again and again
I’ll close my mouth and learn to listen

~ Rising Appalachia Music, from the song, “I Am Resilient”
Listen to it here: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8
www.risingappalachia.com

Art by Autumn Skye ART
autumnskyeart.com

08/17/2021

“As women we have the capacity to hold each other in our stories and hold each other’s stories.
That is the most sacred of sacred.”

“As women we have the capacity to hold each other in our stories and hold each other’s stories.
That is the most sacred of sacred.”

~ Amantha Murphy
www.celticsouljourneys.com

Art by Katherine Skaggs Author Artist
www.katherineskaggs.com