Like breath or a balloon, I’m rising,
I hover six inches in the air
in my blazing swan-egg of light.
You think I’m not a goddess?
Try me.
This is a torch song.
Touch me and you’ll burn.
– Margaret Atwood, from “Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing”
Notes:
- Poem Source: Anne Sexton Appreciation. Photo: Deviant Art
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
Live & Learn 
Wow! Ms Atwood knows how to spin those words! Happy Friday.
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Doesn’t she though! TGIF
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That’s true confidence!! 😏
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sure is…
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don’t mess with me
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Bam!
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“You think I’m not a goddess?
Try me.”
I see a bumper sticker!
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Bumper sticker!
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Yes!
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Yes, love that.
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Lori, that would be SO great, and infinitely better than most stickers sticking in front of me and NOT funny or gr8 at all!
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Lori, YES – that would be so infinitely better than all the stickers sticking in front of me and not being remotedly funny or clever or God forbid, both…. !
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Love it all! … Love Margaret Atwood!! … Like breath or a balloon, I’m rising,
‘I hover six inches in the air
in my blazing swan-egg of light.
You think I’m not a goddess?
Try me.
This is a torch song.
Touch me and you’ll burn.’ … Margaret Atwood, from “Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing”
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Margaret Atwood, loves life…her terms for life is to keep rising…continually illuminating…
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so agree!
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Wonderful!
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It is!
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Wonder what quotes the Testaments will have? And only 35 years later. David you are tasked with choosing
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Smiling. Yes. Mimi, you think this may be one of the most anticipated books of the last 30-40 years?
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Margaret often has all the words!
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