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Category: dancing in the field of dreams
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Frankly, I’ve been looking forward to it ever since I learned I was going to have to bleed once a month.
It’s not what I expected, though.
I don’t mind. I’m perfectly comfortable with the sags and wrinkles. That’s what happens when things get used. I don’t hate seeing my grandmother’s mouth on my face or the veins popping up on the backs of my hands.
I’m still sitting with it. And, I think that’s the odd part. I’m used to the activity of Maiden and Mother. This part is internally quieter.
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(I wrote this sometime before December 1991)
I am water.
I move over and around obstacles.
Troubles pass through me like a stone in a pond.
Joy rests on my heart like a leaf on a stream.
I embrace the darkness.
I reflect the light.


