i am…

“please call me by my true name so i can wake up,”*

i’m a whore i’m a bitch
there’s a whole lot more words
i’m a goddess i’m a Saint
that will break your back

the monks named me Daya
the compassionate one
this compassion breaks my heart daily
a homeless cat
a homeless dog
the homeless
the homelessness

it’s raining today
tears from the sky
bring the maudlin out of me

bring on the sun
sun rays to pierce the heart
this cycle, of recycling
again and again

rain falling
on pink petals
into the ground
a final burial
for my unborn child

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be like water…tanka

Be like water
flow into my glass
one day
I’ll wake up singing
darkness into light

This is the tanka I sing while moving with the veil….

Wings Again

This year has been harsh. I had Sciatica and it slowed me down with a pain from a sciatic nerve that made it hard for me to move or walk. Finally chi gong, acupuncture and I’m not sure what did it — I am back to moving.
On Saturday, July 29, I did a performance… Back Again.