Perhaps you’ve been told to take the risk and tell the whole truth. Your truth. The Naked and Raw truth of your breaking to pieces. The truth of rape. Shame. Fear. And Abandonment.
Your own abandonment and how you chased the wrong love when you didn’t know who you were. When you didn’t know what you are made of. When your physical needs ruled you and you gave your body up for sacrifice in the hands of men that didn’t deserve to smell or touch the skin on your holy body.
Lately, many of the women I work with ask for guidance to tell their story in a way that is healing, authentic, honest and truthful without revealing every ounce of painful details.
Sharing our stories is not an opportunity to be re-wounded or re-injured. It is not meant to create more shame or anger for us. But an opportunity to transform the pain we experienced into healing arms that nurture our wounds.
The conflict exists in all of us. We want to unburden and be free of the past. We want to be free of the emotional pain we endured as we gave of ourselves in a desperate attempt to be loved, just to be left with deeper pains and stains.
Often, there were those around who prayed on our weaknesses and took from us what we didn’t want to give. And in the process, we collected more grief, more anger, more self-loading towards our own self.
And yet, the story must be transformed. Because we deserve to be free. We deserve our own love and acceptance. We deserve to taste the sweet smell of forgiveness. Self-forgiveness. The aroma of feeling worthy, valued and appreciated.
Women like you and I feel compelled to tell our stories to each other. The good, the bad and the ugly. And there is a way. There is a way to tell our epic stories.
And aren’t you the heroine of your own story? Aren’t you the only one that has access to the back story and all the details of every event? Yes, you are.
You might not be aware that you are living an epic story that can be told in an epic way. You might not be aware that there is a medium that allows you to tell your story. The whole story… in a way that is unique to you.
This amazing medium is poetry. And not just any poetry. Epic poetry. Because what better way to share your epic story but through epic poetry. Like the ancients used to write.
Yes, your ancient soul knows how to tell your epic story.
And we will tell it together. And healing shall come. Gifts will be unveiled. Your truth will be told. Freedom and peace of mind will grow organically in our hearts.
And let me tell you. Underneath the shame is strength. Underneath the giving of yourself is generosity. Underneath the anger is sadness. Underneath the lack of self-worth is compassion. Underneath the rage is the mission you are here to fulfill. The vision you are here to impart with the world and make it manifest.
