Welcome to my poetry Page; here you will be able to view some of my poems and other short creations. I hope you enjoy  them.

     TODAY I CRY FOR EVERYTHING

When I was young I cried

I cried because as the only girl child

I was NEVER as good as my brothers

No matter how hard I tried.

I cried because while they played baseball

or went fishin' and swimmin'

I helped cook and clean

and tried to be INVISIBLE.

Everytime I cried they'd laugh

Then punch and kick and curse me

Until I didn't cry anymore

because it only made things WORSE

Then he decided it was time

to learn what being a woman meant

I didn't cry because it hurt too much

and ANGER replaced my tears

For years I shed not a single tear

no matter how bad things were

Then he came along and showed me

what the power of LOVE could do

The flood gates opened, the tears flowed

I cried and then cried some more

HEALING tears rolled down my cheeks

until the anger washed away

Then the tears slowly ebbed

and finally they ceased to flow

Slowly I became whole again

and true JOY filled my soul

For years he made me HAPPY

through good times and through bad

He'd hold me whenever I'd cry

and kiss my tears away

When the fates took him from me

and I was hurting most

I had to be STRONG for everyone else

my tears I needed to hide

Now that I have reached old age

I no longer seem to care

what people will think if they see my tears

and I CRY FOR EVERYTHING.

                                                      Martha 'Gipsiecrone' Bowman

THANK YOU GODDESS

For the many years You have given me;

and all the joys, and yes,

even the tears they have brought.

Thank You for all the ‘Life Experiences’

– good and bad –

that have brought me to where

I am

for family, for friends, and for all I have met or

will meet.

Thank You for past, present and

future happenings and lives which make me uniquely me

and Yours always.

Thank You.

                       Martha 'Gipsiecrone'  Bowman


Here.

Now.

Being.

Doing.

As is.

No waiting.

                           

I am CRONE – age is irrelevant.

I give myself permission to go where ever my quest takes me; with eyes wide open I shall bravely step forward.

RANDOM THOUGHTS – A POEM

When I look in my mirror

I see more than just a face.

I see courage and strength,

a story in every wrinkle

that stares back at me.

I see clear hazel eyes that have

shed many tears

but still twinkle with mirth and laughter

and hide memories of

adventures from long ago.

I see lines and crow’s feet

that can be read like

a precious manuscript to secrets

of ages past.

I see wisdom and knowledge

and the face of my mother and my grandmothers

but above all and

because of all

I see ME

I am beautiful.

                            Martha 'Gipsiecrone' Bowman

More Affirmations by Gipsiecrone

BEWARE! OF THE CRONE.  MY AGE, MY MAGIC, AND MY GUNS ARE A LETHAL COMBINATION. 'Gipsiecrone'

I AM CRONE.

I AM GODDESS.

AND

I AM FREE!

When it comes to solving a problem GOD says I won't give YOU more then YOU can handle and GODDESS says Let US break this down. This part needs to be shelved until later, this part I will take care of and this part WE can solve together.    

I am posting Triand In The In-Between on another page. Please take time to read some or all of it and leave a comment on tell me what you think - my comment and message page.

you will also find two other novels i am working on posted above.  sisterhood of the elements which will be undergoing yet another revision before i finish it. also the title of what is written so far will be named house of fire, book 1 of the sisterhood of the elements and may become part of the guardians saga. you can find it by clicking above.

the third novel i am currently working on is Sanct-U-Iry and I hope to be posting some of it shortly. You can find it by clicking the title.

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