Eve Ensler: I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE

By: Pamela Leavey On: February 21, 2010 at 10:09 pm

On Twitter a few minutes ago, I ran across the link to this excerpt from Eve Ensler’s new book, “I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World.” Ensler’s poem, simply took my breath away. Here an excerpt from her excerpt on the Huffington Post: 

I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE

I love being a girl.
I can feel what you’re feeling
as you’re feeling it inside
the feeling
before.
I am an emotional creature.
Things do not come to me
as intellectual theories or hard-shaped ideas.
They pulse through my organs and legs
and burn up my ears.
I know when your girlfriend’s really pissed off
even though she appears to give you what
you want.
I know when a storm is coming.
I can feel the invisible stirrings in the air.
I can tell you he won’t call back.
It’s a vibe I share.

I am an emotional creature.
I love that I do not take things lightly.
Everything is intense to me.
The way I walk in the street.
The way my mother wakes me up.
The way I hear bad news.
The way it’s unbearable when I lose.

Read it all here.  

As an Emotional Creature and a poet, Eve Ensler’s every line vibrated through my soul and expressed what is sometimes so difficult for every woman to vocalize in herself and to others. Jane Fonda has a little more on her blog, on what Ensler is up to these days.

Thank you Eve Ensler.

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