By Deena Metzger
“I am no longer afraid of mirrors where I see the sign of the amazon, the one who shoots arrows.
There was a fine red line across my chest where a knife entered,
but now a branch winds about the scar and travels from arm to heart.
Green leaves cover the branch, grapes hang there and a bird appears.
What grows in me now is vital and does not cause me harm. I think the bird is singing.
I have relinquished some of the scars.
I have designed my chest with the care given to an illuminated manuscript.
I am no longer ashamed to make love. Love is a battle I can win.
I have the body of a warrior who does not kill or wound.
On the book of my body, I have permanently inscribed a tree.”
Deena
Today while delivering mail, I listened to the CD that accompanies the book, “Saved by a Poem” by Kim Rosen.
There were many poems, or lines in the poems that spoke to me, but the image of this one stuck with me.
If you go to her website, http://www.deenametzger.com you will see a fabulous woman who is fully embracing I M Perfect.
She had a mastectomy and placed a tattoo upon the scar…
I M Perfect lady 