Over the years poetry has been a creative outlet for my grappling with and integrating the spectrum of life’s experiences.
When I finished my book and launched this website, I deleted my socials as they felt old, stale, an image of a woman who had long since rebirthed herself… over, and over, and over again:)
I’ve changed a lot but recently felt moved to leave an archive of poems here, as they represent key thresholds in my deeper embodiment of Love.
It’s a lot of words (lol) but take a look if you want to feel less alone in the heat of transmutation. I’m leaving them as is—typos, dramatics, cringe and all. Key themes include love, loss, death, spirituality/the crumbling of dogma, dis-ease, comparison, detox, body image, impact, emotional alchemy, heartbreak…. the good stuff. My first poem, shared below, emerged after a comparison-fueled deathscroll on insta in the little girl’s room, and the burst of creativity helped recalibrate me. The other poems are in the archive.
xxx catheryne
May 12, 2019
On Comparison:
My Love,
Give your sovereignty away no longer
Stop scrolling
Stop wondering
This insidious comparing
This pernicious judging
Is CAUSTIC
Burning your sweet heart from the inside out
Your worth is not measured
By how your image would fare
Next to a glamour shot of the conscious goddess next door
(Or by your accomplishments, followers, artistic expressions…)
It’s demeaning-
To your Soul
And to Hers
You are beautiful, inside and out
With unique brilliance to share with this world
As does She
For have you not heard, that we are all mirrors
Reflecting and being reflected in another
And if there is friction with what you SEE
As you dive deep into her feed
Wondering if THIS is what he wants
STOP
Take a breath
Gently witnessing what pain arises-
What places need light
And your love,
Forgiveness
And a welcoming embrace
Into full integration with the rest of your BEING
And take heart
For you can trust
And REST
Knowing you have been guided this far
Following that still, small voice
Of your own Inner Knowing
Whispering guidance
To stay in your lane
And witness what unfolds
With awe and reverence
For in your wildest dreams
You could never have imagined yourself
HERE