Poem by ~~
Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.
quoted from Urgent Message from Mother,
Gather the Women, Save the World
Circle up, sisters!
The time to save our world -- for our grandchildren, for our fellow species--is NOW.
Untapped source of peace,
The only real hope
Is to draw upon the
collective wisdom of women.
Those with direct
experience of the cost of war:
The life of child,
grandchild, sibling, spouse,
The loss of limb or mind
of someone near and dear,
The loss of laughter, the
pervasiveness of fear,
The loss of hope for the
future.
Untapped source of peace,
Those who have known
domestic violence:
Seen the effect of
bullying on sons,
Seen daughters become
silent,
Seen light go out in their
eyes.
Those who know
That when every child
matters,
When none are hungry,
abused, or discounted,
The world will become a
kinder place
For us all.
Untapped source of
peace,
Women with empathy
Who live in a world apart,
Are safe, loved, and
fortunate,
Yet can imagine
Being helpless, beaten,
and raped,
Then forced to bear a
child
Conceived in violence.
Women who know in their
hearts
That what happens to any
woman
Anywhere
Could happen to them.
Untapped source of peace,
Women who see loved ones
filled with vengeance and hate,
Hypervigilant,
fear-ridden, or afraid to sleep
Because of the nightmares.
Husbands, brothers, sons
and now daughters
Home from wars,
Bearing little resemblance
to who they could have been
In a peaceful world.
Untapped source of peace,
Women in circles,
Women connecting,
Women together
Bringing the sacred
feminine,
Maternal instinct, sister
archetype,
Mother power
Into the world.
Poem by ~~
Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.
quoted from Urgent Message from Mother,
Gather the Women, Save the World
