I am a Woman, a poem by Tanya Brown

I am a woman

There are spaces between the spaces in the soul

where life's disappointments lie

There are moments between moments where uncertainty resides

My heart has chambers and rooms where my small child cries

Yet I am a woman

Life is created between my thighs

Yet I am a woman

Breast heavy with promise

My soul constantly at unrest

Who shall deliver me

She,

My sister of many faces has reached out for me

An invitation delivered 

I accept

I am surrounded 

My sister has a sister and now they are mine

I am a woman 

I am a woman

Remembered strength and joy with my sisters by my side

There are moments between moments where the light again shines

There are spaces between spaces with room for me to rise.

Tanya Brown 2013