11/19/2025
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Where does one go when
the world’s gone mad…
when everyone’s offended
if you don’t agree with them
and anger permeates the
air we breathe?
What does one do to try and
stay in right relationship
with self, other and planet,
with constantly changing
language, mores' and customs
that dictate which group
is currently in vogue and
which hovers on the rim?
How does one stay true to
personal beliefs that were
hard fought wins as we
struggled to shake off the
Chains of Patriarchy so we
might speak and walk our
truth without being called all
manner of derogatory adjectives?
We’ve lost the idea of the Circle,
that place held as Sacred and Holy
Ground, where All were welcomed
and differences put aside and/or
worked out in a way that allowed
for the idea of both/and, such that
both the self (however one defined
themselves) and the tribe thrived.
On a quest for meaning and purpose,
I am a circle with no beginning and
no end as I traverse the Cosmos of
lifetime after lifetime after lifetime,
always bringing forward ancient jewels
from earlier knowings as I seek the
gnosis that lives in this now.
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I Am A Circle, A Woman's Gnosis, ©Arlene Bailey 2025
Art by Tarn Ellis, www.tarnellisart.com
