And Then She Fell

By Analei Skye

This is the story of my fall.

This is the hurting

The joy

The love 

The pain

The breaking

The desiring

The inspiration

The reflections

This is the story of a scared little girl who learned to grow her wings. And A woman still learning how to use them. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mc Kellson Press
• Release date: Dec 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393183624

Analei Skye

Analei Skye, is a San Diego surfer girl, rock climber and optimist, currently living in the Bermuda Triangle. 

Book preview

Part I

The Breaking

1

Women who’ve fought thousands of battles with achy bones, women who’ve spit out their silence with barbed wire tongues, women who’ve shrugged off their oppression and rebel against the glass they are told they’re not allowed to rise above… We have special names for them: Whore, Spinster, Shrill, Bitter.

2

The value of a woman isn’t in the curve of her hips,

the plumpness of her breasts or the way her eyes seem to sparkle just for you.

A woman’s worth isn’t for you to poke at, cinch up, cover over with layers of oppression and glossy smiles of servitude.

A woman’s wisdom isn’t in standing quietly by agreeing with your opinion, siding with your biased facts, comforting you when you’re wrong.

No. You mistake a woman’s worth for what she’s been forced to become.

Her real power is in her ability to make you come undone, and then nurture your reconstruction.

3

We told her once she could have the moon, the stars, the entire galaxy and beyond,

But

only if she’s silent

and only when she’s young

and only if she’s pleasing

and only if she finds someone to take care of her

and only if she’s beautiful

and only if she’s smart (but not too smart)

and strong (but not too strong)

and courageous (but not obtrusively so)

and only if she speaks kindly

and says YES always

and only

and only if

she can give it all up one day, because her body isn’t hers and her dreams are only borrowed.

4

And then she fell

Because she hadn’t yet grown her wings

And then she fell

Because she allowed life to cast her aside,

And then she fell

Into a box she was too big for

And then she fell

Because she fell out of love

And then she fell

Because she hadn’t yet learned her limits

And then she fell

And her world burned up

Because she fell

She lived

5

Iwish the younger me knew how beautiful I was.

I wish she knew she didn’t have to hide behind makeup and masks of perfection.

I wish she spoke her mind more and pleased less.

I wish she knew following her dreams would turn her blood into fire and she’d finally understand what being alive meant.

I wish she realized she didn’t need permission to be who she