“Snake woman shedding her skin.” Starhawk.
I was gifted a Medusa story goddess from Brigid’s Grove. She inspired this.
Come, let me hold you,
twine you,
squeeze you
Close embracing,
Sliding sensuous,
sinuous,
round ribs,
forcing breath
from lungs,
throat-tightening,
stifling.
Life ebbing,
Turning you,
To bone,
stone.
Frozen numb,
feeling gone,
Skin drying,
stretching,
straining,
dying
Until
You split!
Wide open,
Shedding form
Torn,
Poured,
Naked, new born
Screaming
Un-seaming
into the world
Raw, ready
slick
with promise
and power.