Teresa Berkowitz

My Journey

I am WOMAN-

Confined within 
the cocoon of suppression, 
I dreamt of the unknown ocean.

Cracking the shell of suppression, 
I stretched my arms
and embraced a new dawn.

I shed dead silence
to kiss the life of expression; 
I began my journey towards the ocean.

I plunged into strange waters
and dared the tempestuous ocean.
Without knowing how to swim,
I struggled to own my own expression.

Initially
I was submerged 
by dangerous raging waves.

In desperation,
I tried to beat monstrous tides
I kept on changing strategic strokes,
Gradually I could raise my head
above water to breathe, 
to exist
and to be visible.

Clutching at straws of perseverance,
I grappled with troubling waters,
I rose and fell 
with aggressive tides of time,
I gasped for existence

till:

I eventually began to swim
by trial and error.

I metamorphosed like a butterfly.

This is how I…