It’s time, now
to get all truthy.
Women of my world,
hear this!
Education’s the key
get as much as you can
independence is what that’s about.
Attachments define
If life frees or confines.
Choose with wisdom,
in your future they’ll count.
Then give all that you have-
No condition.
The way that you treat
your beloved, those you meet
determines your path,
lessons therein replete.
It is true:
What you sow
you will reap.
Do what you must,
find delight in each day;
be grateful or find a way out.
Self-respect and self-love
Must be nurtured life-long
Learn why, when you’re plagued with self-doubt.
Know what it is that you came here to do,
then do it as well as you can.
Lay your foundation,
Add experience too,
one by one,
each a brick
in the temple that’s you.
Now worship.
*Special thanks to Marian at www.runawaysentence.com for inspiring this piece.
amen! what great advice, kim. preach it!
i can’t imagine that i could inspire such a thing when i have so much to learn. i am honored.
xoxo
You are quite the woman, Marian, inspiring and humble at once. I am lucky to connect with you!
Hallelujah namaste! :) I love the last 2 sections. (I don’t know the correct word “sections.”)
Indeed… and sections works for me!
‘Truthy’..what a wonderful word.. education that doesn’t happen in a school room is just as important maybe (but sometimes harder)..for some reason I thought of Tracy Chapman and ‘Fast Car’..how you have to break that cycle of checkouts and empty bottles..good to be back..Jae x
Oh how happy I am that you’re back!!!
What a powerful piece. I agree knowledge is power and that knowing ones purpose and working toward it is a great source of joy.
What a powerful voice…I love …love this. I am all for empowerment and education of women ~
Thanks for sharing this ~
http://a-sweetlust.blogspot.com/2012/03/numbed.html
Gettin’ All Truthy, indeed! Fabulous title! Kim, you hit that nail squarely on the head, and slapped it upside first. Education for all women – without fear of acid being thrown in her face; without the subtle put-downs of men at home (American and otherwise). I will check out that prompt. Here’s what I did for the Pantry and Poetic Bloomings. Peace, Amy
http://sharplittlepencil.com/2012/03/04/thing-205/
Actually Amy, Marian made a comment on one of my poems; and it was that comment that prompted this ditty.Funny how the words travel ’round between us, isn’t it? And I am so happy to note that you are posting regularly again! Brava!
is this for 8th march?women’s day? perfect piece.
Perhaps the poem beckoned because of International Women’s Day, but penning it specifically for that day was not my intent. Kismet!
Thank you, Abin!
Oh this should be every woman’s anthem. If only someone had said those words to me when I was young – they take so long to learn on one’s own. Beautiful, kiddo! I love it.
They do take a long time… decades. I wonder if told, we would heed? Or do we need the process to assimilate the information, the truths?
Hear,hear how true, Kim! Education first and all others fall into place!. But still we give our fullest to those we love and “reaped what we sowed” Beautiful words and beautifully expressed!
Hank
Thank you so much, Hank. It has been a long time since your last visit here. I suspect you have been as busy and otherwise occupied as I!
So well done!