Women’s Rooms 

that is a long complicated subject.

red room, blue room

that room was a sanctuary

this room is a prison

Each of us have our own room, 

placed within the vastness 

of the house.

Patterns and behaviors 

sleepiness, fighting to keep 

our eyes open, as though we could 

fall asleep instantaneously 

of course 

except when we are in bed

Or waking at 4 am, alert

more awake than ever. 

Perhaps we simply need to find 

a way to utilize the power

explore those altered states 

beyond ordinary waking reality?

constant sleepiness, 

sleeplessness

for in waking reality lies discontent 

desire to move away 

from the civilization

people have built. 

If Freud thought that people were discontent 

in 1930 

what would he think of the world today? 

even the transcendence of art 

has become violent 

we put it out there to fly or crash –

when we are angry there is a tendency 

toward crashing  

have we learned that lesson yet?

Is it better for me, or you 

or both of us, 

to be that type of creative 

who elicits the desire to stroke? 

Feminine energy is so misunderstood 

portrayed in many twisted ways 

women need a space to be themselves

placed within the vastness of the house

All women need a room.