I am the wilderness

July 30, 2023

I am the wilderness.

I am a seed about to burst into a flower,

I am the voice of a songbird,

I am a storm and wildfire.

I am the calming rain.

I am not meek, not tame,

not yours, not claimed.

I am strong and wilful and wild,

I am the mother and the daughter and the girl child.

I will never be defined by your misogyny,

because I am free.

I am the wilderness, the womb of creation,

there is nothing more powerful to be.

Gwen B