What needs to die in you?
Limbs light, air under wings
for the descent, like a hunting bird a hawk, a cry in the night.
Wisdom of flight, carry me through the darkness to stillness.
I don't need to move,
I can sit and be.
I am aware of my pain
but it doesn't own me.
I can move my body
slowly, purposefully.
In oppression there is liberty.

Dark Hollyhock teaches us that when constrained, we often find our deepest resources and our most needed strengths. She offers a willingness to go down like Persephone, an acceptance of descent. For times of dissent, when change and transformation are needed, she helps you find your no and say I don't agree. She offers mental agility within depression and allows you to find the answers you need inside yourself.