I hope my daughter is beautiful
in the wildest of ways
like tree roots
reaching deep into the earth
fierce, not cute
and growing as deeply
as her branches will rise
reaching to the beckoning skies
and down into the core
always aware, there is m
Art by Visithra Manikam
From my new book ‘LIFE’:
WHEN YOU CANNOT BEAR YOUR BODY
The days when you cannot bear to exist within your own body, are the days you must really sit there and feel the vessel you live in.
Consider its structure, the layers, the
Art by Inge Löök Oy Ab
JOY
Joy does not arrive with a fanfare,
on a red carpet strewn with the flowers of a perfect life.
Joy sneaks in, as you pour a cup of coffee,
watching the sun hit your favourite tree, just right.
And you usher joy away,
bec
Anti-ageing creams,
pills and potions,
anti-ageing masks,
scrubs and lotions,
put them on your skin,
to smooth away the years,
pat around your eyes,
your neck up to your ears.
And don’t forget your hands,
they will give the game away,
they show the
Art by Shelly Penko
"You cannot lose real friends.
You just can’t.
They won’t go, no matter how hard you push them away when you are not yourself.
They will wait
and wait
and wait,
until they see a tiny glimmer of your light breaking through
and
TO THE WOMAN WHO THINKS SHE ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH
To the woman who looks around and wonders why everyone else is so much more capable, so much stronger, so much more ambitious than her.
To the woman who thinks everyone else is blazing a fiery path thr
