Undoing
Poetry book by Rysse Guzman Dakota
A raw and provocative journey of intergenerational healing. This womb-deep autobiographical poetry book explores themes of love, heartbreak, abusive relationships, decolonization, reclamation of magic, and surviving crisis.
Excerpt from Undoing
Deeper​
(to the beat of the medicine drum)
​I dig out my loins,
scars from the roots.
Deeper, it whispers,
deeper.
I claw at my chest,
crawl through the cobwebs.
Deeper, it slithers,
deeper.
On my knees I proclaim,
enough, I have learned.
No deeper, it goes,
deeper.
There's a grace
you won’t know
till you shatter
your soul.
Deeper let go,
deeper.
To the truth there unknown.
Root it down.
Bring it home.
Deeper, the answer
is deeper.
You will swim through the ages
of skeletons raging.
Deeper you'll clear.
Deeper.
For the shadows that bind you,
the longing that ties you.
Deeper you get to heal.
Deeper.