(Art & Poem) Never Again: The Ancestors Speak by Arlene Bailey

“The Tradition” Artwork by Julia Jeffrey

They hover just on

the other side of the Veil,

waiting,

watching.

These women who

gave their lives

at the hands of Patriarchy

and its fear of

women’s ways,

women’s wisdom,

women’s bodily functions.

They wait, these Ancestors,

watching the women of today

as they declare NEVER AGAIN!

They wait, as they work from

beyond the Veil to destroy

the Institution of Patriarchy,

responsible for Centuries

of continued murder and

subjugation of women.

ALL so I… We…

may clear the shit dumped

on EVERY WOMAN for the

past 6000 plus years.

They come…

They wait…

They question…

Will I step into my life’s work

or take the easy way out and

do nothing?

They come…

They wait…

Asking if YOU will step into

Your life’s work

or

will you do nothing?

We stand on the precipice of

unfathomable shift in modern

times and the question is

which way will that shift go?

Will we do our part

or will we dull our senses

and trick our minds

into thinking and feeling

the horror that lurks

on the horizon is only

in our imaginations?

Will we choose to hide

in illusion, while we go back

to numbing and dumbing down

the truth of our innate wisdom,

until the day…

Until the day we realize

the unfathomable

is no longer a theory,

but our reality,

as once again

the ancient and religious

Chains of Patriarchy

Reign Supreme and

women are once again

mere chattel to be

shackled and controlled.

They hover just beyond

the Veil waiting, watching.

These women who gave their lives

at the hands of Patriarchy

and its fear of

women’s ways,

women’s wisdom,

women’s bodily functions.

They wait, these Ancestors,

watching the women of today

as they declare NEVER AGAIN!

They wait, as they work from the

Realm of the Ancestors

to destroy Patriarchal Institutions

responsible for the Centuries

of continued murder and

subjugation of women.

They watch.

They wait.

They ask…

WILL we step into

our life’s work?

OR

Will we do nothing as

we hide in denial?

We still have a choice…

But…

For How Long?

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Never Again:  The Ancestors Speak by Arlene Bailey ©2020

The Tradition by Julia Jeffrey, Stonemaiden-art.com


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