Woman

Dear woman You are a Queen A goddess endowed by GOD to be the backbone of a flimsy society The spine of your family The foundation of civilization The faith keeper The inn keeper The keeper of secrets The healer of boo-boos You stitch up together hurt feelings Like a black widow weaves together the imperfections of her web Seemingly effortlessly Leaving no sign of struggle Yet you struggle To keep food on tables To keep clothes on backs To keep needs met with no regrets while yours are often never met So that your family is never in want You will starve No front Your hunger is no game Your belly It rumbles like thunder Earth-quaking through your spirit The rain beating upon your soul's windows posing pains unknown to man Hurt they may never acknowledge Nor even understand Yet you stand Steadfast A billowing standard Solid mahogany firm Forever extending your branches towards the sun Yet Your efforts often remain unsung But you woman You are a shero You create essentials from zero You beget something from nothing like a pro GOD resides in the buds of your tongue You are a shining beacon like the sun When they believe you've lost You find comfort in knowing That you've actually won They say "a woman's work is never done" Well, this is because a woman's faith can never be undone And faith without works is purposeless and dead So, you woman You keep working until your fingertips are blood-red You keep loving until your lungs are empty from giving others your air You keep keeping until you've given your everything And your heart's cupboards are bare Bones dry Nothing left Even then they may never understand why you wept Why you weep While they try to play you for cheap So, you are on and endless journey to find value in your self For they appear not to comprehend the value they should place in your self They appear to find contentment in placing your heart on a shelf Just out of your own reach If only they found value in the lessons you were sent to teach In the love you were sent to give If only they could find value in the life that you live In the birth that you give You Woman You give all Just to save others from the plummet you step up to take the fall Your volunteer as tribute without even as much as a flinch You step up to the plate while others stay safe on the bench When they back down You push forward Onward and upward Giving of your everything For no sacrifice is a sacrifice without a sacrifice