We do not want to rock the boat, <br />you say, mistaking our new poise <br />for something safe. <br /> <br />We smile secretly at each other, <br />sharing the reality that for some time <br />we have not been in the boat. <br /> <br />We jumped or were pushed <br />or fell and some leaped overboard. <br /> <br />Our bodies form a freedom fleet, <br />our dolphin grace is power. <br /> <br />We learn and teach and as we go <br />each woman sings~ each woman’s hands <br />are water wings. <br /> <br />Some of us have become <br />mermaids or Amazon whales <br />and are swimming for our lives. <br /> <br />Some of us do not know how to swim. <br />We walk on water. <br /> <br /> <br />This poem is from the books Womanpriest: A Personal Odyssey by <br />Alla Renée Bozarth, revised edition 1988, distributed by the poet; <br />Stars in Your Bones: Emerging Signposts on Our Spiritual Journeys <br />by Alla Bozarth, Julia Barkley and Terri Hawthorne, North Star Press <br />of St. Cloud 1990; Accidental Wisdom by Alla Renée Bozarth, iUniverse <br />2003 and the audio cassette Water Women by Alla Renée Bozarth, <br />Wisdom House 1990. All Rights Reserved.<br /><br />Alla Renee Bozarth<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/water-women/
