*a poem under construction WomanPreach (1) We answer the calling drums

We gather like clouds
Sticky as ice
Fire as dragon
We weapon as tongue
Time as clock
We stay ready

Laughing and wailing
Praying and singing
Be afraid of our cackling
You know how we thunder
How we woman

We see through brick
Through lie
Through injustice
We understand
You know that we know

We are an easy place to land
Come get this bosom
Come rest your head

We see bodies falling
One after another
Body
Body
Missing
Gone
Body
We come running
To clean spilled blood

We be preaching
Be telling stories
Come hold your hands over this good fire

We are everywhere

We answer questions
Have hard conversations
We ain't afraid of this work
Ain't afraid of getting dirty
Go ask somebody

We sit
We cry
We move on purpose
We win and fail
We remember
We know

You wanna know
Why we hear
Why we lung
Why we flesh
Why we so skin in the game