i have been a thousand different women (with Emory Hall)

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

I have been a thousand different women