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      Being Big

      by Tiffany Stone

      · Soul Poetry

      I glanced at the mirror

      When I was in the shower 

      When I was making love 

      When I was in my exercise class

      The relatively surprised me

      I didn’t see the lithe gazelle

      With its strength and form

      I saw the Amazonian warrior 

      With her strength and prowess 

      The comparison brought up shame 

      The idea that we should all look the same 

      Be small, be thin, be lithe 

      I drove past a girl in the street 

      A big girl, a elephant girl 

      Not a gazelle girl 

      I drove past another 

      A gazelle with her bouncy high head ponytail bouncing as she pranced 

      Aversion and attraction, attraction and aversion 

      My heart wanted to befriend and listen to the wisdom of the elephant, hear what secrets and stories were held within. 

      My heart is tired of listening to the gazelles to dictate the path and purpose of my steps through the jungles and across the Savannah’s of life and love. 

      I woke up in the bowl of the big mountain towering above me 

      My partnered gazelle asked me….

      Do you think there were once elephants who lived here?

      And my heart called out yes! 

      The extinction of the elephan

      Yearns to be called back, to come home 

      Where we can lean into the wisdom of being warriors 

      The beauty and strength of being big.

      by Tiffany Stone

      "Elephant Girl" is a reponse to this poem written by Aloha Jacqueline.

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