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A Wild Woman is Not a Girlfriend. She is a Relationship with Nature.

Life has been full of turmoil lately.  I have been feeling my strength awaken.  Rumbling like a volcano.  Preparing to spew its firey spirit into the world.

The end goal of everything is truth, love, happiness, and living life in a way that honors all of those.  Sounds easy right?  But what about when you feel frustrated, angry or sad?  It may not be so easy then.  But in my life, I want to find ways through the pain that continue to honor love for life, myself,  my power, my husband, friendship, and my marriage. 

Pain is not an answer, but finding grace amongst it is. 

The biggest way I believe this is possible is if I step into myself- the raw beauty of my self as a woman.  Live in the raw beauty of being a woman and owning who I am in this life and what my soul is intending for me.

To be a wild woman.  To live in raw beauty and love.

This poem spoke to me so deeply that I needed to share it in hopes that it could touch more of you as it did me.

I hope you enjoy this.  At the bottom of the page I linked the original source and the podcast I heard it on, so you can continue to be inspired.

Love, Megan

A Wild Woman Is Not a Girlfriend. She is a Relationship with Nature.

 

But can you love me in the deep? In the dark? In the thick of it?

Can you love me when I drink from the wrong bottle and slip through the crack in the floorboard?

Can you love me when I’m bigger than you, when my presence blazes like the sun does, when it hurts to look directly at me?

Can you love me then too?

Can you love me under the starry sky, shaved and smooth, my skin like liquid moonlight?

Can you love me when I am howling and furry, standing on my haunches, my lower lip stained with the blood of my last kill?

When I call down the lightning, when the sidewalks are singed by the soles of my feet, can you still love me then?

What happens when I freeze the land, and cause the dirt to harden over all the pomegranate seeds we’ve planted?

Will you trust that Spring will return?

Will you still believe me when I tell you I will become a raging river, and spill myself upon your dreams and call them to the surface of your life?

Can you trust me, even though you cannot tame me?

Can you love me, even though I am all that you fear and admire?

Will you fear my shifting shape?

Does it frighten you, when my eyes flash like your camera does?

Do you fear they will capture your soul?

Are you afraid to step into me?

The meat-eating plants and flowers armed with poisonous darts are not in my jungle to stop you from coming. Not you.

So do not worry. They belong to me, and I have invited you here.

Stay to the path revealed in the moonlight and arrive safely to the hut of Baba Yaga: the wild old wise one… she will not lead you astray if you are pure of heart.

You cannot be with the wild one if you fear the rumbling of the ground, the roar of a cascading river, the startling clap of thunder in the sky.

If you want to be safe, go back to your tiny room — the night sky is not for you.

If you want to be torn apart, come in. Be broken open and devoured. Be set ablaze in my fire.

I will not leave you as you have come: well dressed, in finely-threaded sweaters that keep out the cold.

I will leave you naked and biting. Leave you clawing at the sheets. Leave you surrounded by owls and hawks and flowers that only bloom when no one is watching.

So, come to me, and be healed in the unbearable lightness and darkness of all that you are.

There is nothing in you that can scare me. Nothing in you I will not use to make you great.

A wild woman is not a girlfriend. She is a relationship with nature. She is the source of all your primal desires, and she is the wild whipping wind that uproots the poisonous corn stalks on your neatly tilled farm.

She will plant pear trees in the wake of your disaster.

She will see to it that you shall rise again.

She is the lover who restores you to your own wild nature.

 

Here is the original poem.

Here is the podcast I heard it on. 

 

A Wild Woman is Not a Girlfriend. She is a Relationship with Nature. was last modified: March 30th, 2020 by Megan
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I'm Megan- the founder, creative soul, and Nutritionist behind Plantiful Journey. Here I share my experience living a healthy lifestyle, share my recipe creations, and coach many of you on your own wellness journey! As a Nutritionist, I love working with you to make health and easily accessible part of your life. Whether you want to energy to play with your kids, have an autoimmune disease that you want help managing, or would like some nutrition help for you family...I am hear to help. I look forward to hearing your story! Much Love. :) Megan

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