As the sun rose in the sky

I danced as an offering

An offering to the sun

As the sun rose in the sky

I moved my body

Releasing every story of unworthiness

Inadequacy

Comparison

And I offered all of these stories to the sun

And as the sun rose

So did my spirit return to me

This is my prayer

This isn’t a performance

To remember that to be feminine is not based off of how you look

But it is found in how much permission we give ourselves to truly feel

To feel alive

To feel free

To feel liberated

And the more I love myself

The more beautiful other people become

So this is why I dance

In honor of loving myself

Just the way I am

And therefore loving you

Just the way that you are

Poem by Deja Blu