woman

Guan_YinShiva
It’s in the way the
Sunlight
Catches in her eyes

In the quiet patience
Of her hips
The curl of her lip

It’s in the grace and economy of her
Movements

Fluid and lyrical

In catching the
Falling

Bolstering the
Trembling

Embracing the
Without

It’s the delicate flesh
Revered
Worshiped

That can be made to
Stand
Fragile
But in furious
Defense

And the violation of it
Becomes
Twice-fold
Because

The body of a woman

The pleasure-seeker
Give and receiver

Bends and stretches in
Ecstasy as it does in
Constancy as it does in
Protection as it does in
Cooperation as it does in
Leadership

Her softness flows as a stream
Yet dashes rocks below

Nourishing
And
Ravaging

In every step and
Breath

We are yesterday
Today and
Tomorrow

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