Sofia LivingstoneChapter : “Writing Speaks” ‘When you tell the truth, your story changes. When your story changes, your life is transformed.’ Mark Matousek Introduction I’m seventeen […]
Sofia’s Writings
PUPPET’S BETRAYAL
Exerpt from ‘Writing Speaks’ chapter in my forthcoming biography : I do something I’ve never done in my adult life…..I write a poem…… The name […]
PRAYER TO THE DARK MOTHER
We are children of God, vessels into which we awaken This gift of life that is not easily forsaken As pitiful humans we might […]
TENDERNESS
Tenderness is exquisite Potent and gentle Soft and unyielding She doesn’t judge Battered and bruised She doesn’t fix But quietly enables Surrendering your guard Smiling […]
COMPASSION IS THE MEDICINE
To accept the unacceptable To satiate the insatiable To speak the unspeakable To believe the unbelievable To bear the unbearable And to own the disowned. […]
VANISHING TWIN
LETTER I RECEIVED FROM MY TWIN BROTHER GRAHAM (His spiritual teaching from the other side……) ‘My beloved twin and soul sister. Slow down and breathe […]
TWO WORLDS
Stranded in limbo Between the worlds We exist again Night after night Returning to You Intermingling as One Surrendered in presence Floating cosmic womb This […]
UNBEARABLE GRIEF
When I allow the deep grief to be fully present, then spontaneous joy, can miraculously also be possible, just as Kahlil Gibran shares in ‘The Prophet’ […]
HOLY GRACE AND HOLY CHILD
I’d like to tell you one small story of mine, that was a moment in my life where I received a miracle and that years […]
BRAVE HEART
She flies free now releasing all pain and suffering Courage to endure beyond safe holding Only I know what she gave, how bravely she fought […]