GRANDMOTHERS
Carries of a fragile future
And perpetual waters of the womb
Strength of ancestry
Bearing, tolling, cooking
For ever----- the immortal memory,
The immortal women
The past forever teases us with
Prospective; inculcated into our
Being,
As the pistil in a flower;
Ancient yet novel in the eyes of
Grandchildren;
Pioneer women; Cotton field women;
Braiders of a thread that goes on
And on; weathering the travails of
Birth;
Birth of the world;
Birth of subtle hope;
Spring of genuine continuity.
From the length of the
To the deep of the
Grandmothers endured; implanted in
Every crevice of this country;
Surviving beyond sorrow,
The miracle inside us.
Copyright © 2009 by Ricardo Fitten
Ricardo is a published poet. His work has appeared in various issues of
Fresh! Literary Magazine.