My Devotion is to Her: A Poem

My devotion is to Her.

My thoughts turn towards Her.

I listen to what She has to tell me.

My silent singing devotion, my poetry, is dedicated to Her.

I ask that She blesses and comforts me in my time of need.

I ask for Her benevolence, generosity, and fierceness.

 

Gifted with strength I will overcome this dullness, 

And transform in the womb of my pain.

My own blood rebirths me each month.

I honour it as a sign of Her hand upon me, 

Her heart beating next to mine. 

This devotion grows stronger in me, 

as I trust in the process of psychic death, 

as I welcome change, and accept the fickleness 

of my own internal weather.

Please, Mother, send me a dream to send me on my way. 

Send me blessings from the darkness.

(Reworked from text, October 2018)

Nectarine blossoms with bee, August 2017

Update: Deep Scarlet Red Pen Project Exhibition

The inaugural exhibition curated by Michelle Exhales (aka Michelle Genders) at Nix Gallery, featuring two of my artworks, had to be postponed just before its planned opening (see previous post here). So here are the new dates:

22 and 23 October

29 and 30 October

5 and 6 November 

12 and 13 November 

The gallery will be open from 10am to 4pm on these weekends, and is located inside Nauti Studios Blue Mountains, at 201 Great Western Highway, Hazelbrook, NSW.

A celebration morning tea will be held on Sunday 23 October, from 11am to 1pm. Everyone is welcome to attend, so Blue Mountains people, why not pop in and say hi.

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Fire in the Belly of Vulture (A Left-handed Drawing), felt tip pen (2016)