When the sun moves into Cancer,
I feel your pull on the tide of me,
on the memory of who you were to me
especially in these times.
Salt in blood and salt in tears and salt
in a circle around us
could not change the danger
we always knew was coming-
we knew we were never truly free.
Even though we were supposed
to know nothing,
we knew so many things about
how we were different
and could not live as the same. We knew we were
daughters and sisters and friends and lovers, but
not mothers, not now, maybe not ever.
We all held each other when
things happened and in blood and tears with salt
we heard each other say
This is the time I claim that have more to offer
than the mute acceptance
of whatever happens to me.
This is the time I choose myself.
Ramona Szczerba is a practicing psychologist, witch and artist based in San Diego.
"I work in relational narrative psychotherapy, mixed media, collage and watercolor. My visual art trends towards contemplations on themes of dwelling spaces, environment, magic, feminism and the natural world. My focus is on how these realms intersect and some of the forces that create them. Most recently this process includes depictions of archetypical women in unexpected settings and in their roles as world-builders. Long term I hope to continue to delve into explorations of the liminal space between magic and depth psychology in service of re-enchanting the world."
