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Drifting
I have for so long, been what everyone
expected, demanded, assumed and believed of me
yet in the end never quite measured up
to the standards they felt I should meet.
Do I have toilet syndrome
or am I sensual/sexual elemental throne?
The royal womb of creation
or a depository for wasted testosterone?
The value of a woman, a true woman,
begins when she knows her worth
and learns to guard that worth jealously,
because once lost it is extremely hard to regain.
“A fallen queen must acquiesce
or summit to the conqueror,
thus be pillaged till barren and wasted”
(Gypsy Red )
So at what point do I stop being what I am
for everyone else and be me FOR me;
When do I stop living for others and live for me?
Selfish it may sound and childish it may very well be.
As adults we no longer belong to ourselves,
we belong to our commitments and everything therein.
We bend to the wisdom of others
because we distrust our own intuition.
I am woman, strong, passionate,
courageous, and compassionate
yet soft, delicate, gentle,
tender and sensitive.
Can these qualities live in harmony
without seeming pathetic and weak?,
refuse to behave docile and phony,
be one with self without being meek?
I am the Gypsy tempestuous,
tumultuous and coquettish
yet lost adrift in a sea of questions
with no heading or bearings.
Gypsy Red, 2/6/2013
Published 21st Feb 2013
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21st Feb 2013 00:32am
I can totally relate and feel you on this one Gypsy, every step of the way my dear... Excellent expression and write.
21st Feb 2013 2:08pm
21st Feb 2013 00:49am
This is so real to my soul at this moment Girrrrl.
WOW....you have this way of touching your readers...and I Like Magdalena am right there with you, searching for true self... adrift on a sea
of where to now?
I love this
and Love you too.
we will find our way together!
Fire
WOW....you have this way of touching your readers...and I Like Magdalena am right there with you, searching for true self... adrift on a sea
of where to now?
I love this
and Love you too.
we will find our way together!
Fire
21st Feb 2013 2:26pm
My ladies take heed value yourself and let no MAN put tear you asunder. Find your value and defend it tooth and nail. When you have done so you will know whats comes next.
You my sister are most welcome. thank you for reading the piece and commenting.
Red
You my sister are most welcome. thank you for reading the piece and commenting.
Red
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Anonymous
21st Feb 2013 2:42am
Your word echoes what many "liberated" and "strong" women feel.
Very well written.
Very well written.
21st Feb 2013 2:28pm
Anonymous
21st Feb 2013 3:55am
Nice write for sure Red...worthy indeed you are!
Strider :)
Strider :)
21st Feb 2013 2:30pm
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23rd Feb 2013 3:34pm
Instead of the apt "I am Gypsy, accept me as I am or fuck off" you weave a beautiful ladder of words that reveal the depth and true beauty of you.
25th Feb 2013 4:29pm
Hahaha thank you so much my wild and wooly friend! Bigg huggs and kisses
Red
Red
