for all the daughters

...what emerged suddenly and has always been there, what emerged after recent heart sinew strength conversations with some remarkable women, and has always been there, what coincides today, in certain places, with a celebration of the harvest and what is offered as an always-celebration out of time, in time, here, now

For all the daughters

who persist

For all the daughters who have lived in the beaten dark

tip toeing around anger

biting their lips

bloody and true

For all the daughters who are saying

enough

no more

if it has to come out, let it

all the poisons

o  u  t

For all the daughters 

and their mighty hearts

growing  loving

who are not seen

except to be told

they must

soften 

change 

harden

get real

get on with it

I say:

we are

we are 

we are

the falling rain

the stone unbroken

Bitten beaten beloved

we persist

Daughters in the dark

r  i  s  e

Hear your

voice  it is mine     it is

ours      it is here it is

now

Come into the light

Step into shadow

Add your voice to

the chorus

growing

rising

resonating

Add your voice here __________________

Add your words here __________________

there  everywhere

and 

pass it on 

out

up

down

in stillness

in movement

in silence

in sound

O my loves O my loves

we persist

we persist

we persist

share your voice. share your words. i'd love to hear.

I'd love to create an anthology of voices "for all the daughters..." interested? questions? responses? send them on to info at shebanacoelho dot com EXPLORE: shebanacoelho.com

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