Unlock the Garden Gate
What lies beyond the garden gate?
What treasures does the locked wardrobe hold?
These questions asked throughout eternity
by women young and old.
They say Pandora set evil upon the world.
I say she released the natural order of things
from the bejeweled box in which they were secured.
Exploring beyond the acceptable boundaries.
Women have for centuries taught well
that an unexplored landscape keeps us in chains.
To open the gate, the door, the box
and face what reality it may reveal
is the greatest gift to humanity.
An abiding curiosity that sets us free.
Copyright © Alison Hodges | Year Posted 2020
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