Poems for Lost Mothers
by Diamond Sharp
"Paradise lies at the foot of your mother." - The Prophet Mohammed
The Our Mother
Our mother who art in heaven.
Forgotten is her name.
Through her queendom come,
her children will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Though she gives us this day
our daily bread,
our trespasses are against her.
Forgive us,
in these times of forgotten holy mothers.
Give us the strength to forgive those
Who forget, forsake, subjugate.
beat, and disenfranchise you
and your mortal embodiments.
Oh God(dess) lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
Amen.
"But one day when I was sitting quiet and feeling like a motherless child, which I was, it come to me: that feeling of being part of everything, not separate at all. I knew that if I cut a tree, my arm would bleed."
- Shug Avery from The Color Purple
Hail Woman
Hail woman
full of grace.
Within thee is god.
Blessed are the women
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb.
Holy woman.
Mother,
pray for us now.
For beneath patriarchy,
lies our women's worth
crushed between
falsehoods