Mary Alice Ramsey http://www.maryaliceramsey.com Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:01:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Sassafrass Studio http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/518/ http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/518/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:39:12 +0000 Mary Alice http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/?p=518 Continue reading →]]> Stop by and visit our Studio and Gallery in the French Broad River district.
Sassafrass Studio • Riverview Station • 191 Lyman St., Suite #168 • Asheville, NC
1/2 mile South of 12 Bones Smokehouse in the River Arts District.

Visit our website here for directions.

Sassafrass Studio

Our Studio

Sassafrass Studio

]]> http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/518/feed/ 0 HARD HOOVED HUSSY http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/hard-hooved-hussy/ http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/hard-hooved-hussy/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:07:56 +0000 Mary Alice http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/?p=506 Continue reading →]]> I am a hard hooved hussy
I did not get this way overnight
I put in weeks and months and years
Of walking over cement shards and broken bricks
Charred conversations and wrecked relationships
That turned the soles of my feet into blisters
And the blisters into calluses
Then turned the calluses into hooves
And hardened them

I am a wide waisted wench
I did not get this way overnight
My willowy twig figure has become an oak stump
I have eaten my way through too many depressed days
And too many neurotic nights
That turned my waist into a wasteland
A wide wasteland

I am a mean metallic mama
I did not get this way overnight
I boast a buxom bronze breastplate
To hide my heart
I wove metallic mesh
To blunt the blades of baited abuse
I sewed a silver shawl
To shield my shoulders from shattered trust
So no one suspects that beneath the shielding sheen
There stands a woman
A vulnerable woman

I am a sleek and sensuous seeking sister
I did not get this way overnight
When the things and the people who I depended upon left me
When they were no longer there
Then I was forced to depend upon myself
And I learned to depend upon God
I found beneath the fear
A full fledged ferocious faith
So I took a deep breath
And whispered a prayer
I released the armour
To fall to the ground
I took a step forward and realized
That my hooves
Are better
Than feet

]]> http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/hard-hooved-hussy/feed/ 0 LOOKIN’ GOOD http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/lookin-good/ http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/lookin-good/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:06:15 +0000 Mary Alice http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/?p=504 Continue reading →]]> See me lookin’ good?
Don’t be so surprised!
You didn’t think I would
Have the strength to rise
But I’ve got a smile on my red lips
An’ a purple scarf tied ‘round my hips
An’ though you didn’t think I would
I be lookin’ good!

]]> http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/lookin-good/feed/ 0 WHO I AM http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/who-i-am/ http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/who-i-am/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:04:26 +0000 Mary Alice http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/?p=502 Continue reading →]]> I’ve had zippers up my back
And sashes tied behind
I’ve had sharp toes
And pointed heels
And didn’t even mind
Elastic traps and hooks and straps
Because I sought to find
The woman who I was
The woman who I was

I’ve had soft skirts that twirl and swirl
And blouses loose and silk
I have let
My my toes uncurl
And hair pour down like milk
I have unbuttoned
And unbound
I’ve come unfastened
And unwound
And as I did
I think I found
The woman who I am
The woman who I am

]]> http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/who-i-am/feed/ 0 WOMEN OF STEEL http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/women-steel/ http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/2013/02/09/women-steel/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:00:04 +0000 Mary Alice http://www.maryaliceramsey.com/?p=497 Continue reading →]]> We are
Women of steel
Hot
Throwing sparks
Liquid lava women
Step back
Shield your eyes
An’get out of our way women
We’ve been through it
And as long as we live
We’ll go through it women

We are
Women of steel
Growing
Flowing
Can’t stop us from glowing
Torched by fury women
Bonded
Ready
Burning steady
Dance the fire dance
Women

We are
Women of steel
Hissing
Steaming
Primal screaming
Forged and burning
Can’t stop turning
Hammered hard
And ever learning
Dance the fire dance
Dance the fire dance
Women

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I did not get this way overnight
I put in weeks and months and years
Of walking over cement shards and broken bricks
Charred conversations and wrecked relationships
That turned the soles of my feet into blisters
And the blisters into calluses
Then turned the calluses into hooves
And hardened them

I am a wide waisted wench
I did not get this way overnight
My willowy twig figure has become an oak stump
I have eaten my way through too many depressed days
And too many neurotic nights
That turned my waist into a wasteland
A wide wasteland

I am a mean metallic mama
I did not get this way overnight
I boast a buxom bronze breastplate
To hide my heart
I wove metallic mesh
To blunt the blades of baited abuse
I sewed a silver shawl
To shield my shoulders from shattered trust
So no one suspects that beneath the shielding sheen
There stands a woman
A vulnerable woman

I am a sleek and sensuous seeking sister
I did not get this way overnight
When the things and the people who I depended upon left me
When they were no longer there
Then I was forced to depend upon myself
And I learned to depend upon God
I found beneath the fear
A full fledged ferocious faith
So I took a deep breath
And whispered a prayer
I released the armour
To fall to the ground
I took a step forward and realized
That my hooves
Are better
Than feet

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