Ute's ShadowBlog

December delightgushing rain floods the cityand cleans the air © Dec 7, 2023 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)

despite climate changethey keep a stiff upper liplife is beautiful © Dec 6, 2023 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)

It does not matterwhat colorYour face hasTo which countryYou belong If you areA womanYou give life Your exquisite bodyNourishment forFuture generations All too oftenUnderappreciatedAnd evenUnappreciated Taken for grantedIn numerous waysFrom childhood toOld age Will you everTake backYour powerFight for itKeep itAnd nourish it, too? © Dec 1, 2023 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)

I wanted something of my ownThat I would never loseSo, I got a tattoo. It was a prize that filled me with prideWhile its symbolic meaning gave me strengthThroughout my life. In the meantime the years passedThe tattoo started to fadeAnd even I withered away. I thought about refreshing the tattooLike a facelift,Or a rejuvenation […]

I didn’t matter, the signs were all around.Despite affection and love unrequited,I carried them deep in my heart. I placed them on pedestals, sold myself short.While forgetting that I, too, had value,I still carried them deep in my heart. Years passed as injuries and pain piled up.While loosing myself life became narrow and lonely,I still […]

October sunshinespreads light and warmthbefore the fall © Oct 18, 2023 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)

autumn splendoras far as my eyes can seea changing landscape © Oct 16, 2023 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)

woven threadsin a repeated patternharvest season © Sep 30, 2023 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)

new adventurebutterflies in my stomachsolo traveling © Sep 24, 2023 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)

sweet treatsvacation splurgesfrom bottom to top © Sep 15, 2023 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)