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     Poem added 6/1/99. By Therence Weefur:

     From the anthology I Exist:

     Therence "Teri" Weefur was born in Liberia, West Africa in 1974 where she hopes to one day return to open a school for impoverished children. She is an artist and writer who supports the positive advancement of technology. When asked what she would like to be remembered for, Teri stated: "The most important thing in the world is love. Everything that is good comes for love. God is Love. I want to be remembered for the positive energy that was used to create all that I touched; and the love that it became when others were touched by it."

It's a Woman Thing

                                                                                Therence Weefur

Bearing the sins of a woman named Eve.

Taking the load off the shoulders of men

ogling in the streets;

Biting tongues to keep the peace.

Meditating deeply,

my only release.

Every day I birthe my way out of a

Surrogate mother

Earth.

Always with honor, since my lifeline

and livelihood

was conceived within her soil.

Letting go of this world

feels like a battle of me against me.

Rising and falling like waves onto

sand.

Never stopping to ask when will it all

end.

And because I am woman.

I have no breaks.

I take no vacations.

I can't even get sick.

So because I am woman.

I must touch the sky

If not for me,

then for my child.

                                                                                     Teri Weefur

                                                   copyright 1999 Therence R. Weefur

    Teri can be e-mailed at this address:teri@midarts.usa.com

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