A poem for What's Going On? The prompt: let's ponder womanhood, women's rights, our "herstory"
In recent years, women have faced a lot of setbacks. As a person with learning disabilities, I have often not been understood and have had to work ten times as hard. Through that, I have learned never to give up and to claim my space. This is what we, as women, can do. For some, the journey will be even harder, but moving forward, one step at a time, is something we all can achieve.
Women, remember
you are fully human.
You hold the right
to stand as equals,
to rise into yourself
with strength and hidden gifts,
so let the world unfold through you.
Even if the world insists otherwise,
move forward, always forward.
If you long to study, begin.
Plant a seed of learning,
watch it sprout and branch.
If you want to work,
put a stamp on that world.
If your hands ache to create
to mend, to heal, to build
let them speak.
they already know the way.
Teach your sons, women
let them feel, in the gentle weave
of a tea towel, what fairness means.
Let them hear, in words shaped with care,
what respect sounds like.
And teach your daughters
to stand proud and capable,
to trust their strength,
and claim their place.
Let us be the ones
to craft a future
where woman and man
walk side by side,
sharing one horizon,
one path,
one goal.
This is a powerful and uplifting piece that beautifully affirms women’s strength, equality, and the shared responsibility of shaping a just future
ReplyDeleteWell you got me with teaching the sons about feeling the gentle weave of a tea towel. Maybe the rhythmic sound of chopping up the vegetables as well:)Good poem.
ReplyDeleteMarja, thank you for writing this powerful and inspiring poem! This is what it will take for all beings of the earth to be cared about and equally respected. Many of us have been marching for this for decades and times are dark right now. But taking the long view, the tide will turn, as most human hearts long for peace and justice for their fellow man and woman. Sadly it is our leaders who do not, in too many countries right now. Thanks for sharing this at What's Going On.
ReplyDeletep.s. I so adored your wonderful woman Prime Minister. I was sad when she resigned, but I understood.
ReplyDeleteI adore her too It was sad. Jacinda received online hostility for a relatively small set of mistakes. I guess we are a small country, and often increases hate increases faster, especially against leaders who are seen as progressive or empathetic.
DeleteYour last stanza is truly wonderful! So powerful. We all have to walk together...men and women side by side! A truly wonderful poem.
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