A GATHERING IN THE FIELD

There was a gathering in the field of Sisters,

sitting around a grand table sipping tea,

exchanging words like diamonds on their tongues,

writing their very essence on the wind

like so much brilliance…

And the stars came down from Heaven and listened—

as these Sisters gathered in the field

weaving tales of woman’s love for family and kinship,

spreading their wings in flight through HERstory times,

back to Great-Grams who gave them Queenly Beauty,

dipped in sun-ripened plum juice,

poured in finest crystal,

shimmering reflections in golden rivers

of spiritual revelations like so much Africa Blood

pumping life through the veins of the Nile,

giving birth to her future generations

of Ebony, Bronze, and Topaz daughters

gathered in the field…

as the stars came down from Heaven, listened,

and later…whispered all they’d heard

to the WORLD.