Menopause…
That climacteric third chapter
Not a place we suddenly land
It is a metamorphosis
Born through a journey
A realm we visit many times
Weaving…forward and back
Forward and back
Our Being’s intelligence
Taking its time
To map the territory
Allow for the Change

A Change 
That has its
Own Rhythm
Own Timing
Own Wisdom
Readying us
Back and forth
Forward and back
Leaning in 
To these different
Gorgeous
Manifestations of ourselves

Until…
One day we’re ready
Whether we know it or not
And cross over
For the last time
Releasing
For the last time
The cycle of potentials
Open and ready
Once and for all
To be Vessels for ourselves

An initiation shaped by a lifetime
Ready
To be