Twelve Days of Mother Love: December 12

Twelve Days of Mother Love

I think that Mother Mary

as an older woman

was an activist for justice

a crusader for peace

didn't take no for an answer

when only a yes would do

ate spoons full of pomegranate seeds

danced in the moonlight

wove flowers in her hair

and slathered honey into wounds

she was a healer

midwife

a teacher

and

not altogether tame

she was a woman

with fire in her belly.

A woman for all times.

A woman for our time.