The thick cool winter is deep, slow and steady
and like it,
she is becoming the woman
she’s always desired.
Weathering inner
storms that once resembled tornado alleys
delighted now by new touch
feathery and softening
edges once ruffled up by life
gently easing and into a smoothed out version
by laughter that’s known bitter
but simply got better.
Content with Rapunzel hair
greying at the temples,
with no longer need for towers,
enjoying an acquired taste for her body’s new softness in places where once firm enough to bounce any quarter
quickly flipping
her embodiment of woman
thriving now beyond survival
Embracing the embroidery of scars running across finely freckled sunkissed skin
as merely tattoos,
only with better stories
of a deeper meaning
worn gently badges in testimony
to being well worn but alive
She is becoming a woman who
knows she’s a warrior
not a worrier
fully pledged standing in allegiance in fact,
that whatever comes,
she will endure.
She is becoming a deep worn
weathered basket
handled well, willing to carry anything with grace and gratitude despite how heavy
She is becoming the woman she’s longed for;
the comforting lover
strong and tender,
unyielding and unconditional
The grown up daughter
who still blushes at surprises
that tumble from her own lips on occasion but stands by what was said with conviction despite minor tettering on occasion
She, becoming illuminated, brighter with each full moon
and sunrise with each cycle of the days knowing that every moment has at the very least an inkling of light despite darkness
She is becoming,
this woman she’s wanted, yearned for,
who knows she’ll continue growing
who knows she’s more than sufficient
who knows she’s precious,
and knows she’s rare
who knows she is plenty,
plenty enough to handle but refuses to be handled with any unnecessary roughness
who knows that her kindness will never again be mistaken for weakness,
that she is a glittering warrior queen and despite falling will always again rise
she is becoming the woman that is plenty enough just as she is.
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