Today is a badbadbad pain day, which is sad on such a pretty day. Yesterday was bad, too.
However, I shall decrease your pain (hopefully) considerably by announcing that this will be the last of my original poetry for a while. However, so that my last one will be special, I wrote it this week, just for this post.
I would like to dedicate this poem to JGTH, my birthday boy and best imaginary friend. There is also an illustration to go with this, maybe when we finally get a chance to update the site (one week left to go 'til faire, thankthegdlordjesus!) i will remember to put the illustration up.
This poem, written on 05/08/04, is called

I Am a Queen

I realized last night
that my house
is my throne,
front steps facing
the audience chamber
which is all the world
that knows me.

I am Every Girl -
I don't know how not to be.
I try to be soft and
curve into
each space
but sometimes i am
50 feet tall
and I attack.

And I love,
so big,
all the world,
and it hurts me.
But it fills my heart
with warm strength
and raw power
and hope.
And so,
in this way,
I rule.

* * *

gingerly yours,
-s