Margarita Tartakovsky
Margarita Tartakovsky is an associate editor at PsychCentral.com. There, she pens pieces on psychology and mental health — everything from anxiety and ADHD to creativity and couples. She also writes Weightless, a blog that focuses on fostering a fulfilling body image and life, at every size, shape and weight.
Learn more about Margarita at her website: margaritatartakovsky.com
Warrior Lily
Some days you are a warrior
Proud, solid like an oak
Feet on a park swing
Knees bent, swinging to the sky.
Other days a mouse fleeing from a snake
A child scolded, a lily wilting in the sun
Trading in your weaponry for shackles
Slipping into clothing
Three sizes too small.
Two disparate sides
Two seemingly different people
Yet you are both
Have been since birth.
When you feel like a shard of glass
Remember
Remember
Even then
You are a warrior
Knees bent, swinging breathlessly
like you did as a child.
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@Maya Thank you so much, Maya! And thank you for helping me see what this poem needed. I really appreciate your support and encouragement.
ReplyMargarita Tartakovsky
Feb 19, 2013
@Riesah I’m happy my poem resonated with you and gave you clarity. Thank you for commenting!
ReplyMargarita Tartakovsky
Feb 19, 2013
Beautiful, Margarita. And I love the repetition of “Remember” – like you knew to remind us to get quiet with this thought that our wholeness is built on our complexity. So happy to see you on Bentlily!
ReplyMaya
Feb 19, 2013
Reading this I hear and feel the echo of a conversation just completed only moments ago, when the healing of a stubbed toe put a halt to our friendship. Thank you for putting it all into the perfect words for this moment. I shall share them with her.
ReplyRiesah
Feb 18, 2013
@Anna Guest-Jelley Anna, thank you soo much for your sweet words! It makes me really happy to know that my words resonated with you. I can’t thank you enough.
Really.
ReplyMargarita Tartakovsky
Feb 18, 2013
Oh, wow — I felt such beautiful permission, relief and release after reading this. Thank you, thank you for the reminder to come back in wholeness.
ReplyAnna Guest-Jelley
Feb 18, 2013