Oracle

 

Written by: Adrienne Yeardye, Consciously Woman

 

preacher

or politician

I must be both

 

I must stand firmly

for Creation

as I am Her

 

I agreed to be silent

I agreed to be patient

I agreed not to cry

 

I agreed not to submit to anger

not even my own

 

I agreed to witness

sacrifice

terror

learning

to be the soulful will of the trees

 

and to speak only of faith

in Creation herself