Women are wise
They know a lot of things
it’s frightening
only to the ignorant
Strong hands
gag their mouths
to squeeze their brains
dead weight is upon
their backs
Women are silent now
the earth is with fever
it needs the medicine
woman
in this hour of need.
Women in my life
The matriarch
my mother
who gave me life
who took care of
my needs
from the first spark of life
I love her
Next on the totem pole
is the woman
whose hand
I first touched in this life
as I paddled
through the canal
to greet the new world
like a mother
towards her child
I grew up with her
mothering too.
Today, most of these women
have disappeared behind modernity
doctors are the experts not midwives
but I thank my woman for being there
for my journey.
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