Pavana Reddy: Season of the Woman

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 Season of the Woman

The time is coming

One sweeping tide to wipe the shores clean.

A time that will bring back our land,

our languages

our voices

our poems

hidden beneath centuries of lies.

 

A time that will open our souls

to ourselves,

one giant flower

grown from burnt earth.

 

The ancestors,

living and gone,

are rising

to remind the world

that us women

have always been

part of nature.

 

My sisters,

do not let go of that patience

you've been brewing

your whole life,

for our season

is approaching.

 

— Pavanna Reddy