On the surface, this poem is a satire on one of Chaucer’s poems in The Canterbury Tales. On a deeper level, however, it is a poem about our human struggle to surrender our false pride and ego and come home to the sacred feminine presence of our soul.

This poem begins with the difficulty we all experience with life and ends with the majesty and sacred potential we were all given at the moment of our birth.

This poem captures the painful process of letting go of unfulfilled promises and lost hopes.

This is a poem reflecting on the gifts given by a loving mother and then returned to her by her loving grown child.

This poem is a loving conversation between an elder and her eight year old child within, reminding the child of how beautiful everything became, despite earlier fears.

This is a poem by Khalil Gibran about fear and holding the courage to embrace change, understanding that change is not about losing one self but about becoming something far greater.

This is a poem about knowing and holding the truth of one’s own unique beauty, despite what others may unwittingly think.