Lilith

I dance my life for myself
I am whole
I am complete

I say what I mean
and I mean what I say

I dance the dark and the light
the conscious and the unconscious
the sane and the insane

And I speak from myself
authentically
with total conviction
without regard to how I might look

All the parts of myself
flow into the whole
All my divergent selves unite as one

I listen
to what needs to be heard
I never make excuses

I feel my feelings
deeply and profoundly
I never hide

I live my sexuality
to please myself
and pleasure others

I express it as it needs to be expressed
from the core of myself
from the wholeness of my dance

I am female
I am power

I was greatly feared

(from 'The Goddess Oracle' by Amy Sophia Marashinsky)