Listen to TinaO read this poem here.
Weathered
Cold
shivering
wet
weathered
Yes, and more yes,
–
Throw me outside
just so I can come back in
cold to warm
wet to dry
planned to unplanned
I’m made
for living
with just enough discomfort
I can bite it
But I eat everything
even my hair
Don’t be that person who fixes my face
adjusts
the rogue wisp
from my cheek
my chin
or across my eyes.
That will never work
–
When we stepped off the porch and into the snow
I thought for sure,
today.
today.
today.
We had earned it.
We could talk about our future.
–
Truth telling is exquisite-ly painful
excruciating-ly beautiful
when
it’s
left
raw
and unchanged
to breathe
I thought we were weathered enough,
leathered,
and ready
for my career melt-down
I was wrong
‘They’re not going to write Here Lies the Lipstick Lady on your tombstone’
He said
‘Well they fuckin’ should…’
My teeth were buzzing…
‘I mean, that’s what I do…’
I said
–
I imagine my eye-teeth,
molars
dropping off my face
and disappearing in the snow
with the words
apparently
I shouldn’t say:
–
This
is
Not
Who
I
am
–
Crunch
The snow is so dry
like my mouth
Maybe I should kick off my boots
and walk barefoot
back to the cabin
it’s minus eighteen
and unthinkable
But so is this
We’ve had this fight before
Look,
I’m not
the:
Where’s your coat?
Not those socks?
Did you pack an umbrella
Don’t forget your sweater
Oh, and that long sleeve
and bug spray
Tell me those aren’t the only shoes you brought…
And why are you wearing a dress?
Don’t you know the weather can change at any minute?
Yes.
Yes I do.
Weathered women don’t become lipstick ladies
and if they do
they lick their lips
‘til they’re chapped
–
Listen to the poem ready by TinaO here.
Story Hit #2- Beauty School Drop Out
Story Hit #2 Cont’d-Beauty School Detox
These videos were pre-career change. They were who I had become, and not who I have always been. I share these with you to close one story and open another.
–
This year on December 25th, which is both Christmas Day and my 50th Birthday, I am stepping into a new story…
and I know what I know what I know about how stories work:
Stories won’t let go of you until they’ve been fully heard.
This is release #2 of sixteen weeks of Story Hits (vlog) from as far back as 2013. Some are my favourites, some are yours. If you missed week #1, you can start at the beginning with: Out of the Water here.
This is release #2 – Beauty School Drop Out. You can carry on to release #3 – Hold on to What You Know here.
I will be writing more about these moments in both my upcoming book: STORY STONES (coming fall 2021, and in my one woman show: O MY GOD (touring spring 2021).
On my 50th Birthday, if you’re on my VIP list, I’ll be sending you 50 Days of Christmas Story Gifts from Dec. 25th to February 12th. If you want some story goodness filled with sneak peeks into the creation and rehearsal process, plus be able to pre-order the book, and order tickets to the show, click here and the let the gifting begin! (You’ll get a bunch of cool story right away)
I have to close one story to open another.
Thank you for listening.
xT
Tina Overbury is a core-communications specialist who works with individuals and organizations who feel called. She is a storyteller, performer, and a professional listener who works with narrative and story structure as a vehicle for human connection. Her work is rooted in Myth, Mysticism, and the practice of personal faith. She brings thirty years of collaborative storytelling in theatre, film, marketing, team based selling, and workshop facilitation. She is the founder of Live Your Best Story, a weekend retreat of deep listening held on Bowen Island, BC, Canada and is the voice and story behind TinaOLife, home to Story Stones, TinaO’s online gathering of listening in to sacred stories. Tina is a proud associate of PowHERhouse media where she listens and supports the ‘stories’ of whole and integrated leaders of tomorrow.
If you’d like to know more about TinaO’s approach to STORY and receive updates about STORY STONES the book, and O MY GOD, her one woman show, click here and you’ll be added to her ‘stay in touch’ list plus she’ll send you a few short intro videos about what story means to her. CLICK HERE for TinaO Story stuff.