This is for the women

This is for the women 
who came before me
Who sacrificed
for freedom
Who fought
for having choice 
Who protected
their medicine
so that I
have a voice:

In honor

I am my grandmother’s prayer
I am my sister’s song
I am my mother’s vision
I am where I came from 

I am the priestess her blessing
I am the witch’s call
I am the medicine woman’s howl
I am them all

I hold you in my womb
Intuitively wise
for you walked the journey
of the feminine in rise

I hold you in my womb
Wildly innocent
for you shared your heart-felt stories
in the Red Tent

I hold you in my womb
Mystically mundane
for you opened your voice
when it was deemed insane 

I hold you in my womb
Darkest rebirth
for you have remembered
we are women of the Earth

I am my grandmother’s prayer
I am my sister’s song
I am my mother’s vision
I am where I came from 

I am the priestess her blessing
I am the witch’s call
I am the medicine woman’s howl
I am them all