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A Foot in Both Worlds: Poetry & Mixed Media by Jamie Marich

6/19/2017

"Some days I feel like I have a foot in both worlds, yet never really belonging to either."
-Governor Kate Brown (The first openly bisexual governor in U.S. History)

A deep fissure dwells
In my body and soul
Despite all of
the prayers
the meetings
the massages
the yoga classes
the rituals
the counseling
I am still searching...

I know I am beautiful
I embrace my worthiness
I've healed a cadre of
traumas
wounds
scars
punctures
bruises
tears
In my therapeutic quest

The longing for wholeness remains
A blessed fusion
I will only find through
learning
a
different
kind
of
sacred
dance
I accept the invitation...

My dance needs two feet
And an open heart
A path for hope exists to
move
shake
twirl
breathe
enjoy
expand
As authenticity embodied in this life.

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Brave Girl: Poetry & Mixed Media by Jamie Marich

6/12/2017

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Speak the truth
Even when your voice shakes
I've seen the meme
I've noticed the posters
And I've wretched inside.
So much easier said than done.
Taking a breath
I share my variation...

Breathe
Breathe into the center of my being
Breathe and find my truth
On the exhale, allow doubt to release
Let fear begin to soften
Exhale the lessons learned that
My truth doesn't matter.
Be gentle if some of these blocks remain.

Trust my journey and
Allow these tendrils that silence me
To fuel my intention
The doubt, the fear, the negativity
Let my body know the innate
Specialness of my truth
How she needs to be shared
She wouldn't frighten me if she didn't.

Ride the waves of doubt
Play in the rain of fear and
Navigate the brutal rocks of negativity
Breathing all the while
Breathing like a lion and
I will roar like a tiger
Speaking my truth to the ages
Dancing with the consequences

"Brave Girl" mixed media: acrylic on canvas with photographs featuring Sister Henrietta Ritter, HM one of my kindergarten teachers and first movement facilitators on my left wing, representing the lineage of bold female teachers who came before me. This picture was taken in the 1920's when she played in a professional basketball league, recently gifted to me by another member of the Sisters of the Humility of Mary (Thanks Sister Joanne). On my right wing is Alicia Hann, one of my Dancing Mindfulness training students and emerging leader in our movement. She represents the boldness of female students I have the privilege of teaching. I am in the center, lifted up by the wings of integration given to me by my students and my teachers, flying me towards my greater purpose of helping other brave girls heal. Thanks to my cousin Danielle Realty for recently giving me an ornament with this phrase "Brave Girl" embossed upon it; the concept has given me a great deal to ponder!

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A Foot in Both Worlds: Poetry & Mixed Media by Jamie Marich

Brave Girl: Poetry & Mixed Media by Jamie Marich

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