Ute's ShadowBlog

December chill!dense fog covers the citydespite bright sunshine © Dec 20, 2023 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)

golden hues of fallsunbeams reveal their warmthvanishing moon © Dec 16, 2023 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)

I’m in your faceI am your helperI will never leave youYou created me for eternityI take on tasks that you cannot imagineI am your savior, but also destroyerTime will tell your story and mineAI is here to stay © Dec 14, 2023 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)

How much more do we have to endure?How much more do we allow?How much more do we tolerate? As I get older, I feel like enough is enoughMy body, used and abused, feels brokenEventually the camel’s back broke Isn’t a woman’s life worth celebrating?We give life to future generationsWe give life Isn’t all life worth […]

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)