More Than That

This is who I am

A woman who never felt womanly
I wanted to be one of the girls.
I wanted to feel elegant, dainty.
I never found the key to their club.
I remained a goose among the swans.

I had one overwhelming feminine drive.
I wanted a child, motherhood.
The depth of longing as vast as the oceans.
Even my womb wouldn't recognize my womanhood.

He didn't care.
He loved me as I was.
He said you're more than that:
Not woman but female, 
Untamed, unchained.
More powerful than you know.
Turns out he was right.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox said,
"We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear."
I say: We fear our true selves most of all.
Your passion is your power.
Dare to be who you are.

~Marie 
Therian shapeshifter from The Tiger's Tale by Nara Malone


Don't you hate it when you turn the last page on a great story? I've always wished I could bring certain characters into the world. And while I don't have that kind of magic, technology makes it possible to bring them into a virtual world. Some people find the idea of characters blogging unnerving. Others embrace it. I use it as a tool to help me know them better. The above is not a passage from my book, but my character's response to this week's prompt from Carry on Tuesday. See what other bloggers contributed here.