The gift of women

“To be a woman is to carry worlds within you.” -- Aja Monet

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when she first noticed
that glimpse of light
she hoped it would finally be
the beginning of the end
where she could finally rest
weary legs
and
a wandering mind

but instead
that was the moment
she realized the journey
is what made her
ready for the destination,
a place that both
blinds and reveals,
so she could discover
who she had to be
to become who she is

creating, living, loving,
bringing worlds together
was her work
dissolving differences
binding chasms tightly
to each other
building
spaces
worlds
connections
that can never be broken

her power
she normalized
and negated
but we recognized
her as diety
that she was the lighthouse
setting aflame
the darkness that
we thought
could never be
lit
relentless
in giving life
to those many left
for dead

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Now we know that
the shadows that terrorized us
were never ours
she pulled us
to safety
our evolution
a reminder of how
she served as our light,
how she couldn't help
but crawl closer,
hoping to get us
to remember
the sweetness
of self
and taste

she knew who we
were
are
will be

now we are
her seed
planted and reaped

she is the seer
that manifested
what she sowed
despite
our efforts to
escape

she could
never refuse
the chance
to show us
how we
shine

now look at us
who would have known
(she knew)
that we were created
(she did)
to be
each other’s oxygen
and

she, woman,
will never
stop being
our sun

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