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A Conscious Life - Womynfesto
I choose to live a Big Life!
My words fat sloppy overeaters
Spilling over the sides of the plate
And sticking to the table.
I choose to live a fat and fleshy life
No model thin anorexic teetering on six inch stilettos.
I choose to live a big conscious life
Fallin’ down sloppy drunk with intention
A husky size commitment to the Big and Tall
Quadruple 4XXXXX kinda’ life!
Portly and Profound-
No soaked and saturated Richard Simmons
Sweatin’ to the oldies spare and spindly
Kind of existence.
I choose to live a big fat juicy life!
Unwieldy beefy-not stumblin’ around like some kind of blind Weight Watcher
Yes-I said it!
A Jenny Craig crunching
Swollen survivor
Mammoth and pregnant with what is real-
What is true-that there is a
Conscious thread
Spinning within me
Carrying and sustaining me in the pit.
No through push or petition.
But through grace.
YES!
I choose again and again and again
To live a thick
Rotund hefty
Kind of life.
Because....
I
Can.
I Was Born to Walk Between the Worlds
By Shelley Moon
I was born to walk between the worlds
Ancestor newborn
Straddling the distance between whole and cracked
Ferried along the full length of life
Mouth filled with mountain
I was born to delve between the worlds
To burst beneath the split
And wallow in the mix
Holding fast to the hollows
The truth no respecter of persons
I was born to breathe between the worlds
You who were to make me right
Twisted me left
Pinned down, cracked open and bleeding from the head
Yet I was born to move between the worlds
Despite best efforts to take my life - my light
Not Black enough Native enough
Gay enough Sane enough
I was born knowing it is not possible
To steal the Divinity of another
Yes, I was born to waltz between the worlds
In 3/4 time of creative intention
Trusting nature to grow the seed
Knowing the Universe can only do for me
What She can do through me
I was born to soar between the worlds
To fire and shape the I am of an image
To rip and rock its edges
To fill and fray the fabric
As I come to life
Life comes to me
Beyond the flesh and beneath the bone
Not a mark but a gauge
By the skin of the Earth
I am the Love, the Light, the Wisdom I seek
I am the answer to my Ancestor's prayers
“I am really grateful for you teaching us how to act……Lately I have been having more fun because I’ve been able to express myself more and more each day. Because of what you taught us and how not to think of what other people say……When I grow up, I want to do something in the entertainment world to become someone like you.”
-Rachel, Middle School Student
“I am so happy you came to our class and worked with us for the week. I really loved writing and you’re really inspiring. Telling my story to the class was hard, and made me shake. But I’m so glad you encouraged me to get up there and do it. I think I really needed to let that out. I am just glad I read my story to at least somebody, and my whole class was respectful about it. Thanks again, because if you hadn’t been in our class and had us write, I would still be holding that in.”
-Janie, Middle School Student
“I give you a big thank you because you made me express myself on my personal narrative. You made a big change on my life. Shelley, you were hilarious and funny…..Thank you!” -Justin, Middle School Student
“It was an amazing experience. I never knew that writing what’s on your mind actually helps. It made me feel much better. I’m really glad that you took your time and shared everything with us. I knew that the moment you said “personal narrative”, I thought to myself, “Perfect! I can finally write down what’s been on my mind the past two years.” I really couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you for everything you did.”
-Kayla, Middle School Student
