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189 I remember that past and see the dark I feel the screams and they don’t stop Lonely in fright I sense the dread Confusion spreading through my head Alone in chaos I tend to feel I see the people yet don’t sense them real I fear to glimpse that disheartening past near Which boils me up, I shed a tear Alone I touch my hate that when it comes It pumps my veins and scars my heart I pray to God my wound to heal I think God is deaf so I won’t kneel Then life showed me to let the past be To heal myself and move within To accept my spirit, and let the essence show How to absolve the hatred and mend the soul I had to forgive the people in my past And I found that scars don’t need to last I understood I needed to unconventionally pray And realized God was never in my way In the dark no more, my love now shone I discovered a spirituality I should have known I began to grasp all it contained Such as the flesh, body and soul it maintained The Woman Within Sarahi Nuñez-Mejia 190 · Sarahi Nuñez-Mejia I see the world now; I am free to smile I took a step towards spirituality’s forbidden mile By realizing that by itself it cannot win Spirituality and sexuality intertwine without sin Lifting confusion and dimming shameful tears It erased resentment and released unseen fears I began to understand the woman within As maturity blossomed and my soul began to live Alone I now know I’ll never be Now that I’ve found the person that is me I understand I’m a sexual spiritual soul As the woman within me continues to grow ...

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