Miracle Women

I do not have to go searching far for strong women. 
I do not have to even look beyond my doorsteps  
to know the comfort of unconditional love
of women who did not carry me 
but taught me to understand 
the rhythm of their heart beats  
as though I lived inside of them.  

Women who bled so that I could be fed. Women whose tears watered the plants that fan me. 
women who split the oceans, 
crawled through the sand on their knees and hands 
to build me a path made of gold and pearls.  

Women who forbade oceans to drown me.  Women who filtered gallons of salty waters  so that they flowed sweetly through me.

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