{"id":24418,"date":"2020-11-13T14:08:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T21:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=24418"},"modified":"2021-11-13T06:49:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T13:49:53","slug":"a-prayer-for-the-woman-in-all-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=24418","title":{"rendered":"A prayer for the woman in all of us"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24423 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-every-woman-is-a-forest-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-every-woman-is-a-forest-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-every-woman-is-a-forest-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-every-woman-is-a-forest-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-every-woman-is-a-forest.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside every woman<br \/>There is a forest<br \/>(Some of us even have jungles in our armpits)<br \/>Equally Cheetah&#8217;s\u00a0<br \/>and Chihuhua&#8217;s<br \/>Needing feeding and walking<br \/>Walking<br \/>And feeding<br \/>Rain and patience.<br \/>Sun.<br \/>Shade.<br \/>And soil that smell of mushrooms.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet sometimes<br \/>For millions of lifetimes\u00a0<br \/>There are armies and soldiers<br \/>Stomping, thrashing, cutting and crashing<br \/>Property developers<br \/>Presidents<br \/>Ministers<br \/>Bureaucrats<br \/>Bankers<br \/>Concrete mixers<br \/>Tearers<br \/>Breakers<br \/>Fantasy Makers<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then a woman doesn&#8217;t want to get out of bed anymore.<br \/>It&#8217;s not just because she is lazy.<br \/>Thousands of years of burning Witch Healers<br \/>Bricking up Princesses in Towers<br \/>It doesn&#8217;t matter<br \/>I&#8217;m not really hungry<br \/>I don&#8217;t need<br \/>&#8230;want<br \/>I shouldn&#8217;t<br \/>I can&#8217;t<br \/>I must<br \/>Sorry.<br \/>Sorry.<br \/>Sorry.<br \/>I&#8217;m guilty.<br \/>&#8230;.bad<br \/>I don&#8217;t have the time<br \/>(for my self)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each one,\u00a0<br \/>A tree ripped, sawn, broken.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So when the land is barren<br \/>the way back to a life filled forest isn&#8217;t easy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simple, but not necessarily easy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Planting, watering, singing,<br \/>Walking, walking, walking.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every day<br \/>Every day<br \/>Every day<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insisting on it<br \/>As if your life depends on it because it does.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I seed<br \/>1 seed<br \/>1 seed<br \/>1 see<br \/>I seed<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Practicing protecting twigs, caterpillars, newly built nests, frogs and small brown birds<br \/>Just because you love them.<br \/>All ways\u00a0<br \/>All ways<br \/>All ways<br \/>Love all ways<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-24424\" src=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-every-woman-is-a-forest-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-every-woman-is-a-forest-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-every-woman-is-a-forest-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-every-woman-is-a-forest-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-every-woman-is-a-forest-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-every-woman-is-a-forest-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>hdr<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Photos by jagatjotikaur)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside every womanThere is a forest(Some of us even have jungles in our armpits)Equally Cheetah&#8217;s\u00a0and Chihuhua&#8217;sNeeding feeding and walkingWalkingAnd feedingRain and patience.Sun.Shade.And soil that smell of mushrooms. 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