I have been a thousand different women

 make peace

with all the women

you once were.

lay flowers 

at their feet.

offer them incense

and honey 

and forgiveness.

honor them

and give them

your silence.

listen.

bless them

and let them be.

for they are the bones 

of the temple

you sit in now.

for they are 

the rivers

of wisdom

leading you toward

the sea.

~ Emory Hall