Voice

A voice full of women

A woman full of voices

Feel the power of my words

The presence of my body

From the belly I breathe

Inhale, the strength of a million women before me

Exhale, the oppression of the world

I am myself, fully.

My words are spoken and translated

Through my body

My song comes from deep within

A single voice among many

Falling In Love

As babies,

the smell of their sweet heads

brought me to my knees

Now, I’ve fallen in love all over again.

A journal between us,

Lindsay crawls into my heart

with her words on the page.

Notes of gratitude and engagement

from Hailey are the melody I keep hearing.

Their encouragement and kindness

are the rhythm of my heart

Each day a new opportunity

And I fall in love all over again.