Imagine a Woman

Imagine a woman who believes it is right
and good she is a woman.
A woman who honors her experience and tells her stories.
 Who refuses to carry the sins of others within
 her body and life.

Imagine a woman who believes she is good.
A woman who trusts and respects herself.
 Who listens to her needs and desires, and meets them
 with tenderness and grace.

Imagine a woman who acknowledges the past’s
influence on the present.
 A woman who has walked through her past.
 Who has healed into the present.

Imagine a woman who authors her own life.
 A woman who exerts, initiates, and moves
on her own behalf.
 Who refuses to surrender except to her
 truest self and her wisest voice.

Imagine a woman who names her own Gods.
 A woman who imagines the Divine her in
image and likeness
. Who designs her own spirituality,
 and allows it to inform her daily life.

Imagine a woman in love with her own body.
A woman who believes her body is enough just as it is.
 Who celebrates her body and its rhythms
and cycles as an exquisite resource.

Imagine a woman who honors the face of the
 Goddess in her changing face.
A woman who celebrates the accumulation
of her years and her Wisdom.
Who refuses to use precious energy
disguising the changes in her body and life.

Imagine a woman who values the women in her life.
 A woman who sits in circles of women.