Singing the Blues
International Women’s Day
A Day To Celebrate Women
A Day To Celebrate Women
this is
a day, a way, to
celebrate women-
all women everywhere…
this is
a day, a way, to
honour women-
all women everywhere…
this is
a day, a way, to
respect women-
all women everywhere…
recognizing, acknowledging
some and all-
defining, describing
the beingness of
all women everywhere…
it’s a day, a way, to
bring women
out of the shadows
of men every day
respecting men,
honouring men,
celebrating men,
empowering men
overshadowing women…
we are all part of
an evolving species
we call humanity-
off-balanced now
claiming and blaming
various versions
of deity for how
it all came to be…
we are all part of
a young species who
is like a young child
of the universe
learning to stand
on its own two feet-
the dualities
expressing more or less
male and female,
both designed to
support the weight
of a whole body
yet even at this age
rising and falling
over and over again
in the rise and fall
of civilizations
until we respect,
honour, celebrate
all.
March 8, 2023
Shelley Audrey Wilson
Victoria, BC
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day
How can we not see
that ‘superiority’ is a false assumption?
How can we not see
that ‘masculinity’ dominating
‘femininity’ is just a presumption?
Why do some see societies
with advanced Technologies
as more evolved and enlightened?
Why do some see societies
more in harmony with Nature
assigned labels of ‘inferiority’?
Will Humanity ever see itself as one-
neither males nor females superior,
neither females nor males inferior?
The Life, the Soul, within all
is without Gender at all.
Human societies are simply different-
different expressions of Life, that’s all,
some even a mix of cultures
enriching Human Experience, all.
I celebrate Life Itself in all-
the wonders of Life in all.
March 7, 2023
Shelley Audrey Wilson
Victoria, BC
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