Daughters of Time

Women are born of themselves
Daughter out of Mother
Generation after generation

Every woman who lives today
Embodies direct physical descent
From the Mother of Mothers

Men are lost among themselves
Seed carried away in a foreign womb
Ever forgetting the Father's blood heat
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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August 6, 2016 at 1:47 AM
well done DC Jordan. linda
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August 6, 2016 at 6:21 AM
Thank you, Linda
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