The More I Venture…

Beam Me Down – Pencil Sketch/Photo by Toni Roberts
beyond
the
boundaries
of my
humanity…
the
greater
my
freedom
to
do
so…
Beam Me Down – Pencil Sketch/Photo by Toni Roberts
beyond
the
boundaries
of my
humanity…
the
greater
my
freedom
to
do
so…
1,000 Words; drawing/photo by Toni Roberts
the
mind-crippling
Fear
at the
Root
of all
Human
Ills…
believe me…
It
was not
PRETTY…
It felt so good
reaching out this weekend
to touch
those
whom
I
love…
All of my “sister-friends”
and male counterparts who are
animus to my anima…
Strong beings of like spirit
indomitable warriors
who never give up or lose hope…
Women and men who have learned from life
that morning always follows night
that rainbows appear
after the most frightening of storms…
that new life follows
the bloody, backbreaking,
vagina-tearing pain of
childbirth…
I am so grateful for this love-team…
some of us having
looked major, boogie-men killers:
like cancer…strokes..heart attacks…
straight in the eye–
defying self and societal conditioning–
making the so-called, killer,
blink first…
And now, my love-team and I
march on through Life
persevering and steadfast
laughing, dancing, dreaming, drumming…earning doctorate degrees…
taking on new lovers…
Never looking back…
oblivious to our contemporaries
who fall by the wayside
brought down by their belief
in sickness and
old
age…