"Doula"

We are women

we are the 

very keepers of 

time

sacred healers, veil 

removers we are 

sisters of the 

circle

We force the

hand of introversion

to be counted 

in the count

we hold space

when know space

seems to be 

made available to 

us

we are hued

from every color

that the sun 

seas, reflective mirrors

builders of a 

love that gives 

and gives and

and just when 

we think there

is no more 

We create more 

room to include

for each woman

we are each 

other for each 

other, shes is 

my timekeeping comedian, 

my glance across 

the sterile room

my link to 

things before now

my string to

pull today she

is what home

is...

 

we are women 

we are sacred

we are keepers 

of the circle.

Some may have 

an extra cloth

that may cover

them when not 

keeping the circle

A cloth of 

things passed soiled

with many pieces

of the words

of our individual

and more often 

collective story....outside

the circle 

once we begin

to keep time

we become an: 

ocean of knowledge

thats marked: "mommy"

we are women

we are colored

we are rooted 

we are keepers

of the circle

30 January 2015