On Being a Woman

On Being a Woman

Cathryn flowers Ritchie

Soft Sweaters

I like soft sweaters

after a day at the beach,

where the waves and winds

Have treated me as if I were

just another rock.

But I'm not

and the softness

of sweaters,

Treat me as a woman.

Truth

I know the truth of day

that God is real.

But now,

tonight,

a pair of arms would

seem more real.

Falling Asleep

I'd like to fall asleep in

some man's arms

tonight.

My desires aren't

wrong.

God created me a woman-

And so I've grown to be.

Often the nighttime speaks to me

 telling me I'm alone.

When I am a Woman

Only as my woman-heart

speaks from my soul

do the tears of sorrow

and joy mingle-

finding union with

who I am.

to feel.....

It is my gift,

to express what I know

to struggle with what I don't.

It is my pain,

tears flowing from the

well of who I am.

It is my hope

as words of truth

filter through the intuition of

my self.

When I am a woman

I am at home,

I am free,

to be.