Tag: ekphrasticpoetry

  • This was the result of a very special workshop on ekphrastic poetry today.

    I am a sorceress, twice in exile –
    they claim my magic is merely madness, but
    those with the eyes to see know better
    I am the voiceless breaker of curses, until now
    bearer of grief no one knows about
    I am no one’s prisoner anymore

    to know myself is to know my power
    to know myself is the key to my freedom
    I have all that I need
    there is an embarrassment of riches in my heart
    and though you may not like what you see
    you might be shocked by it
    terrified by it
    I have looked within so I can look without
    I see you for all that you are now
    and you hold no charm for me
    I am made of night and waves and song
    water and air, wrath and lightning
    while you are made of nothingness
    I do not need you, you need me
    you will no longer have my pain

    so here I go, I’ve broken my chains
    and the ties that bind me
    and I take my first steps into the dawn and
    the red world

    ~”the sorceress”, after breaking the vicious circle by remedios varo, written by Allēna 11/9/2025

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