I Have Been A Thousand Different Women

make peace
with all the women
you once were.

lay flowers 
at their feet.

offer them incense
and honey 
and forgiveness.

honor them
and give them
your silence.

listen.

bless them
and let them be.

for they are the bones 
of the temple
you sit in now.

for they are 
the rivers
of wisdom
leading you toward
the sea.

~ Emory Hall