Theotokos (a poem)
To know the things you undoubtedly know . . . To have the courage that you possess . . . To persist in the face of the patriarchy . . . To sing a song of deliverance from the depths of oppression . . . To speak against the systems of injustice for all of the marginalized . . . To nourish the entirety of creation within your womb . . . To magnify the one who shares your blood as the promise for all . . . To voice truth to the divine presence suspended in your amniotic fluid . . . To see beyond the uncertainty of this moment into the certainty of a promised tomorrow living as if it is today . . . To expect the unexpected hope, peace, joy, and love . . . — bshivers