Monday, March 11, 2013

metamorphosis

{via pinterest}
metamorphosis. this has become my state of being, my mind-set.

there is so much about this place, this condition of womanhood set upon me, that i have grown to fear and grown to loathe. but this cannot be. how can i raise my daughter to love herself, to face the world with a lifted head and a cry to the heavens, if i do not believe it myself?

i ache to redefine womanhood. i am more than tatted lace and teatime socials. i yearn to let my hair down and dive in, swim down deep, to drown in His spirit and rise anointed from the ashes holding the hands of those who walked before me. 

Hosea whispered, 
He will come to us like rain. 

and i want to dip my head back, mouth open and eyes aglow, and take Him in with my whole heart. i want to be baptized in the water and fire that is His glory. i am unwilling to wrap myself in a veil that He tore in an impossible way for me, and if only for me, it would have been enough. 

and so i am breaking from this place of stagnant dwelling, this place of sit here silently. i am a Lioness, He promised, and renewed i shall be. 

paint scales on my skin, for i shall be a mermaid. 
no fear of depth, great fear of shallow living. 
:: a paraphrase of a quote by anis nin

i will be a mystic, with candle light and war paint mingling on my cheeks. and i will lift my small hands and place them against His pierced palms and speak bravely. 

mermaid girl come to drown
to rise again. 

to live mightily. 
for my God hears me. 

6 comments:

  1. Rachel, this truly intrigued me, made me breathless. And, honestly, that's a little hard to do, because I'm a poet at heart, too--heh heh. I'm not even sure what to say--except--*yes*. That's just how wonderful this is. So very, very nice to meet you. I'm honored to be in such company.

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  2. Yes. Great fear of shallow living. Me too.

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  3. "and i want to dip my head back, mouth open and eyes aglow, and take Him in with my whole heart. i want to be baptized in the water and fire that is His glory"

    yes, Yes, YES!!!

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  4. Just thinking of you, girly. Thought I would pop over and say so.

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  5. there is such HOLY SPIRIT PRESENCE here rachel. to redefine womanhood. oh, girl, yes. let's let the Lord do this for us. all for him. love you.

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I look at you and see all the ways a soul can bruise, and I wish I could sink my hands into your flesh and light lanterns along your spine so you know there's nothing but light when I see you. :: Shinji Moon