⋄⋄⋄ Power in the Blood ⋄⋄⋄

'I was born with eyes that can never close...'

Joy Harjo

⋄ Child of Light ⋄ unknown photographer ⋄

To our Daughters:

'Your body is woven

from the light of heaven

Are you aware

that its purity and swiftness

is the envy of angels

and its courage

keeps even devils away'

Rumi

From all Mothers:

'I can hear the sizzle of newborn stars, and know anything of meaning, of the fierce magic emerging here. I am witness to flexible eternity,

the evolving past, and I know we will live forever, as dust or breath

in the face of stars, in the shifting pattern of winds.'

Joy Harjo ⋄ Secrets from the Center of the World

⋄ Power in the Blood ⋄ Buffy Sainte-Marie ⋄

⋄ The music + poetry of Joy Harjo, Buffy Sainte-Marie + Rumi, ⋄

+ the MMIW image, are all used in this post

with the greatest respect

JVNC X

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