Let me Show you the Way Home
Let me show you the way. To liberate yourself from the webs. From their sticky invisible silks that encircle your thoughts to keep you in place. The place of not too bigness. Be nice, pretty, quiet, good girl, do your work, read your bible, keep your knees together. Don’t question. Don’t think. Stay right here. Those webs covered you up entirely.
Take my hand and I will pull you under. Under the radar where you can not be shot at anymore. Under the canopy of stars you have forgotten you can see.
I will give you the knife. You can cut off those buttons and let your bare skin breathe again. Remembering your fresh freckled flesh that longs to feel moonlight.
Your power has been depleted. Drained of your energy by so many faces leaning in too close. To tell you what to do next. An array of moving mouths surrounding you. Here is the duct tape and scissors my love. Use them wisely to make your world peaceful again.
Listen now and I will whisper the permission you need from a sister. There are secret truths your bones hid in the marrow to keep you safe until now. Crack open your femur and let them free to fly.
Your wailing grief for the baby who came too soon
Your tender big love held back held back held back
Curiosity cut down to keep you civilized
Your delight waits, wishing it could bubble over
The power of your wisdom muted inside your intestines
The strength of your sensuality covered in shame
All these fireflies of being alive will light up the night once freed
You held them in your pockets just waiting for tonight
Open your palms girl and watch them soar
Give me the keys and I will start the car. The drive is long and there will be steep roads to climb but the wind will whip our hair as we sing our hearts out. You never have to return to the old house. The rot has weaved its way through every board and it’s time to let it decompose. Give that man back to the earth to be eaten.
Let nature take over
Trust the planets to guide you. Let the trees feed you. Let the moss be your pillow and the crickets sing you to sleep. Know that the wolves have your back and the owls are watching over you. The earth is conspiring for you dear girl. Peer into the woods and see yourself again. Just like when you were a child. All the magic is waiting in the same hollows and streams it has always lived in.
Let me show you the way home