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Residing at the Intersection of Love & Anger

Shannon Crossman April 15, 2017 Anger, Fierce Feminine, Love, Shadow Leave a Comment

Lately, I’ve been waking up with the fire of Kali-ma in my belly. Hell-bent on rage and destruction. Rattling her necklace of skulls. Howling across the face of the earth. The sacred feminine response to …

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When a Wild Heart Calls You Home

Shannon Crossman April 6, 2017 Fierce Feminine, Shadow, Transformation Tales, WIld Words Leave a Comment

Heart. Heartbeat. Beat. Beat heart. Small God of my chest. You keep time better than any clock. Mark the moments of a being in soft thrum through veins and organs. Yet, you are more than …

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Both Halves of the Sphere

Both Halves Of The Sphere

Shannon Crossman February 23, 2017 Awakening Woman, Poetry, Transformation Tales Leave a Comment

I once spent many moons trapped in a nightmare from which I could not wake. Thrashing through life, fueled by resistance. Primed for flight. Each place my eyes lit some fresh, new horror eeked it’s …

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Love’s Circus

Shannon Crossman December 3, 2016 Awakening Woman, Love Leave a Comment

Step right up and see Love at work here. The price of admission you ask? Only your vulnerability – the willingness to fall face first onto the pavement in front of thousands. Can you handle …

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Show Me How You Get Back Up

Shannon Crossman December 3, 2016 Awakening Woman, Poetry Leave a Comment

Show me how you get back up. When life takes you down. When you’re on the cursed bathroom floor. Pressed hard against cold tiles. Desperate and clutching. How do you rise after the fall? Reveal …

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Burn it All Down & Rise Awakening Woman

Burn It All Down & Rise: The Magic Of An Awakening Woman

Shannon Crossman November 23, 2016 Awakening Woman 1 Comment

I am aflame. No one set the fire. This is self-immolation. The holy truth of an awakening woman. I don’t think I knew what I was signing on for when this all started. But there’s …

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The TIme Has Come To Scream Myself Awake

The Time Has Come To Scream Myself Awake

Shannon Crossman November 23, 2016 Awakening Woman, Poetry Leave a Comment

I am not here for your approving gaze. Not here to satisfy some need of yours, visual or otherwise. No longer content to be the subject of your displaced idea of me. What you want …

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Dig Up Your Shadow

Dig Up Your Shadow From The Place Where You Last Buried Her

Shannon Crossman November 23, 2016 Awakening Woman, Poetry Leave a Comment

You forgot the ocean that pounds through your blood. Fell asleep to the powerful creator inside. Snap out of it, Sister. Wake up hard and soon, before the weedy grasses grow over your face tacking …

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The Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Practicing The Art Of I Don’t Give A F*ck

Shannon Crossman November 23, 2016 Awakening Woman, Poetry Leave a Comment

When all else fails, practice the art of I Don’t Give A F*ck. Pray it into your limbs with each contraction that comes with being reborn. Say it with me now: I Don’t Give A …

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Make Yourself a Divine Bonfire of Light

Make Yourself a Divine Bonfire of Light

Shannon Crossman August 23, 2013 Self Love Notes 1 Comment

Burn up. Burn away. Burn higher. Burn on. Whatever you do, do not extinguish your light. It serves as a marker on the trail of awareness. Hide it or put it out and we are …

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