Divinely Feminine,
a blossom
at my center of my being.
My Vagina.
It is not merely a place of pleasure.
It’s Power. Creation.
Living Proof of my Strength,
my Courage.
My Pussy is not weak.
It’s not a word to be ashamed of,
or to shy away from
ever again.
My Pussy is the gateway to
my Maiden and Mother Warrior within
fighting for the proliferation
of humanity.
Don’t be a pussy?
The mantra of The Patriarchy
has suppressed our power for too long.
But in reality their mocking words
are born of fear.
Of envy.
Be afraid of something that bleeds for five days each month
. . . but does not die.
Advice ignored.
Words offered in false bravado.
Be afraid.
Be very afraid.
Grow some balls?
A simpleton phrase projecting all the strength
of My Vagina
into anatomy that cannot and will not
ever, ever measure up.
A light tap puts that phrase to shame
and brings the strongest of men
to their knees
-without a drop of blood shed, mind you,
let alone five or more days of heavy flow.
And clotting. And cramping.
Our oppression over the millennia
was pushed into the world
by men who needed to prove themselves-
screeching hate
like a newborn’s wails when liberated from the womb,
not yet ready to leave the comfort
of Mother.
Centuries of rape,
torture,
witch hunts,
femicide.
Of edicts and etiquette
forbidding us the very pleasure
Our Vaginas were designed to bring.
Centuries of laws that
molded us according to men’s needs.
Framed into frailty.
Stripped of our outward strength.
Bound temporarily into immobility and stagnation
because of the life giving blood we shed.
Breeding machines
without brains
is where The Patriarchy wants us to be.
Proposed laws looking to monitor our monthly cycles.
This Old Crone says it’s time.
Time to sync up to Mother Moon.
Dance in her darkness
and banish the bastards.
Our Vaginas are not merely vessels of pleasure.
They are not fragile chalices ready and waiting
to be filled by the seed of misogynists.
Our Vaginas are Power, Creation,
proof of our Strength,
and Courage.
They are Maiden and Mother Warrior within
fighting for the proliferation
of humanity.
Fighting for the very lives of our daughters.
We will not be oppressed.
We will not be overpowered
by
pussy envy.
We will continue to nurture the frailties of life and love.
We will heal the world in a way only women can-
one petal at a time.
We will be without apology
Divinely Feminine.
Janine Phillips
January 30, 2023
Janina Grey 