I’ve earned my name   look here

 

I’ve led armies of angels

 

Battled and won over warriors not of use

 

Lain under men before they were slain by other men

 

Turned cobbled walks into streams of gold

 

And held the moon like desire hot in my hand

 

All this for a   journey of strength

 

To guarantee   my worth to the gods

 

To show what a Woman can be

 

But   today  when

 

I opened the windows of clouds from my high tower

 

And saw caught as I am in midair   from the finery of power

 

That greenery below on the earth  with small geese clucking

 

I saw the empty boots from children left beside the stair

 

I saw them coming up the hill toward me   the children

 

I know this is what I wanted all along   not majesty or war

 

What I want as a woman  is    to love  not win

 

to pour the milk   to open the door   I want to be there