Salt, Fire, Bone

There is a part of you

That remembers

The wild maiden

The one who laughed loudly

Loved recklessly

Ran toward life

Without apology

You buried her for a time

Under responsibility

Under silence

Under the ache of justice 

You never named

But she never left

She’s the one who rises now

When you stand up and speak up

Instead of collapsing

She’s the heat in your chest

When you loosen the grip

On who you were told to be

It takes courage

To dethrone the old stories 

To risk being seen

To let the light in

This is not a breakdown

It is a becoming

A return to the woman

Beneath the masks

Salt on your cheeks

Fire in your belly

Bone deep truth

That will not be silenced

This is your heart hunger

This is your rising

Tanya Cameron