Matryoshkas
And so I spring out from my mother
just as she sprung out of hers
in this enduring cascade of women:
We are born, we expand, and we give birth.
Posted at 10:18 am in Poetry
7 Comments So Far
2. Anne Denniston wrote:
This just made me think of that, even if you’re in a totally different frame of mind for the poem 
3. Clint Williams wrote:
That’s cool Anne, I like the perspective.
4. Anne Denniston wrote:
My explanation doesn’t do the concept even a splinter of the justice it deserves. When Sean speaks of it, my heart leaps up to God and it’s just so…. mystical. Really resonates (and not cuz I’m a mom! :p He said this before we were even married :p).
5. Linda Wagar wrote:
I love this, Clint!
6. Lisa Walker Williams wrote:
Who exactly is meant by “we” in the give birth part?
7. Linda Wagar wrote:
[chuckling...]
1. Anne Denniston wrote:
So many people have a beef with the male-only priesthood, and Sean often says that he thinks motherhood and the mothers/women in the Church have the most influential and “powerful” role.