Power
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Power
Originally posted November 24, 2024 on ChrisDavisProud.com/blog
This summer (2024) I attended a conference with a few hundred of my newest best friends. The womyn I met taught me about female empowerment and the tenets of Feminism. Turns out it's not about hating men. I learned that I was taught what it meant to be a woman, by men! This is alarmingly ass backwards and I intend to spread the good news that being a woman is the most powerful club I've ever had a membership in.
The following piece is something I wrote in only a few minutes under the tutelage of a new author friend at this conference. It will likely appear in some future published work.
POWER
Labrys aka Chris Davis
Born into captivity. Controlled, managed, prescribed. My destiny was set in stone. I was told what my life would be, whom I would love, decisions I would make. The Patriarchy built my life to benefit itself.
Mumble.
Murmur.
Struggle.
Die.
I repented of my programming. I broke the pattern of self-denial and obedience. It was a lie. My life was a lie. I was coerced into compliance. I was coached and groomed out of my intuition. Tolerated for my weaknesses. Scolded for my passion. Separated from my clarity. But the magnetic pull of authenticity drew me to my truth, my independence, my enlightenment. I am free and I will lead others out of the darkness of isolation, loneliness, emotional torture.
We are free. We have POWER. Our voices bring us understanding and acceptance. Sometimes we speak with a pen and paper. We gather like-minded sufferers to the safe space of inclusion, the bridge to peace. We shed the shackles of expectation and grant ourselves the grace to act in our own best interest. We belong. We speak. We act. We revolt. We consent. We challenge. We appreciate. We live in our bodies and our bodies take up space in this world.
Welcome to your truth. Fortify your Sisterhood. Reclaim the autonomy your mother birthed into you.
Grow.
Teach.
Gather.
Unite.
Dance.
Sing.
Embrace.
Be your fully-realized human self, my friend. No one will ever give you permission to make your life about you. You must claim your power. You must choose to live your truth. Give yourself the gift of living the life you choose.
Welcome home,
Chris
