Secrets of the Self – how I became a warrior by Alysse Aallyn

Legacy –

Difficult to become a warrior without resources. It’s probably not impossible, but it seems to require more psychic strength –or perhaps just the ability to engage a team – than I’ve ever had. On the other hand, I’ve always been able to make the most of whatever resources came my way. It’s the gift I’d like most to pass on to my children, because it helps you persist in the slog and outwit your pursuers.

I can’t tell you how many job interviews I’ve had where I realized they wanted me to come across as more ruthless, and I just couldn’t do it, even for the purposes of Shapeshifting Performance Art and Fun Impersonations, both of which I was familiar with using on a daily basis and enjoyed. But this was survival we were talking about, the magic metamorphosis of confusion into livelihood. My interest in personal transformation led me to studying a degree in Rehab Counseling and this particular interviewer seemed to want me to express a desire to punish my clients. Maybe that was when I realized I was in the wrong business. I wanted to teach these people how to become warriors.

How To Become a Warrior

In heaven the victors
Celebrate with their rivals
Not taking it personally
But loving.
Forgiving.
“You thought WHAT?
I was wrong!”
You went WHERE?
It’s so nuts!”
How we’ll laugh while
Scars dissolve;
Iridescent plumage
Shivers off our beautiful selves
Unconditionally
Eternally
Mysteriously
Revealed.