Woman Church
It's time for Women Church.
Here, we enter the pews
in our hearts
and listen to the sermon or our hips.
We worship the holy trinity:
Maiden , Mother , Crone
The softness of our bodies is our primary temple,
we revere curves and plentifulness
and dance to celebrate it , if we like.
Our sacrament is seconds on everything we desire
and here we heap our plates.
We delight in the holy doctrine of supporting deep nourishment
and singing sacred praise to our sisters.
We tell our stories and braid each others hair
while we pray
sitting in a circle
announcing our power,
our tenderness,
our beauty,
our voices,
our grief.
We invite the ancestors in for tea
and bring all cast-out feelings in from the cold.
We paint pictures of goddess relaxing and taking
a much needed break
while gods massage her feet
with oils and feed her grapes.
-Chelan Harkin
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