Amy Palko

In honour of Lilith stepping forward as the goddess of today, I wanted to share with you this poem that I wrote a couple of years ago. I’ve never shared it before, and only a few people other than myself have ever read it. And yet, I’m feeling much braver these days…. The poem seems to me to be an invitation to connect with our earthly element and to establish our own autonomy. It’s a call to break out and be wild and fierce and untamed and demanding rather than compliant and nice and good and well-behaved. Consequently, some of the language is a little coarse, which is another reason…