So apparently it's women's day today. Many posts celebrating accomplishments untold of the female of the species. I'm not quite a feminist, no bra burning here, but I do believe a woman's strength and weakness is taught through the generations.
I see myself as the combination of my grandma and my mom. We hail from Michigan so I often refer to them as the matriarchs of Michigan. Paula Cole's Nietzsche's Eyes has a verse that resonates with me and what they have taught me...
"Grandmother, mother, and now I see it in myself
I take on the water
until the dam threatens to break
I became a little doll
My voice became too small"
Today, and every day, not just on "women's day," the lessons they have given me are held close to my heart and are the stuff my soul is made of...
love's evolution
mother,
daughter,
granddaughter
alive in the shadow.
sing
praises
undeniable
becomes all hallowed
lament
struggle
isolating
through unearned sacrifice
rising
living
limitlessly
create personal paradise
laughter
teaching
compassion
soaring to a pinnacle
grace
strength
independence
floats a mast unsinkable
above
stern-hand
boundaries
sailing through illusion
mother
daughter
granddaughter...
forever a Love's evolution
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