Manifesting

New York City.
Full-time job.
Feminist Educator Activist Scholar Writer Performer
CUNY Faculty
Feminist Press
Performance Art
Writing Publishing Loving
Family Homeplace Friendship
Sustainable Happiness
Vulnerable Resistance
Progressive Relationships
Financial Stability
Exhilaration Centeredness Clarity
Creative Bliss
Peaceful Satisfaction
Full Health
A balance of stimulation and rest
Enough grit to keep things real
Enough love to keep things lofty
Enough money to enjoy good meals
Enough compassion to not be greedy
Enough awareness to find my way
Enough clarity to not feel crazy
Enough strength to work and play
Enough energy for creativity
Enough blue sky and sunshine
bird song and green time
day trips to the coast
weekends with a toast
and trees, art and breeze, people
of my kind and kindness
so that loneliness is impossible
and solitude is a fresh gift
chosen like the delicacy
savored like the last morsel
rediscovered in the thrill
of final hope
shared finally
generously, consciously
with exuberance and agency,
gratitude always
autonomously living dialogically
with an open heart
honoring the transformative
possibilities of trust

and so it shall be

--Diana Tigerlily