linda m. crate

zodiac energy

i have always been

drawn to the zodiac,

 

but some people

don't trust its

energy;

 

i do, though, because

vibes don't lie;

 

your zodiac isn't an excuse

to behave poorly but it

can be a tool to understanding

someone—

 

reading my entire birth chart,

and every zodiac sign that i fall

under was scarily accurate

both the good and bad things

which were said;

 

a lot of people try to dismiss

the zodiac—

 

but i don't believe in everything that

exists so i understand not

trusting something,

but it doesn't make it any less true than the

ones that you do believe in.

 

 

 

they always underestimate me

i'm a cancer,

always asked my mother

why my zodiac was also

the name of a disease that kills;

but she could never tell me—

 

most people portray

cancers as cry babies

or manipulative;

and it always irritated me

because i am neither of these things—

 

i am fierce and angry as the ocean,

and i am a daughter of the moon;

got emotional intelligence and can tell

when the vibes are off in someone

or in the room—

 

you can't really coax me out of my shell

very easily because this crab has been betrayed

one too many times because they mistake my

kindness for weakness,

 

and are surprised to find that my energy

is more like what they believed a scorpio to be;

 

yet it's not my fault they always underestimate me.

 

 

i'll be your reflection

people don't always like it

when i return their energy

to them,

 

but water signs can be

a reflection of who you are;

 

i am a cancer

 

whether i am a calm ocean wave

or the hurricane devouring you

is entirely your choice—

 

should you be good to me,

i'll be good to you;

 

but if you are angry to me

then i will return that rage with

interest because i don't play

with the people who think they

are going to shatter me or my dreams—

 

my magic won't be snatched

away from me, nor will my power be.