Your Power

YOUR POWER

You are not defective
You are not inferior
You are not a possession
Something to be traded
Or bartered with

You are not a servant
Nor a slave
You are not a toy
Something that can be used
Then put away until wanted again

It is sad
That I feel I must start here
Telling you all the things you are not
But I fear
That when you finally read this
You may have already been told
All of these things
You are
And my greatest fear is
Some of these
You might actually have begun
To believe

You can be
A teacher
A doctor
A nurse
A scientist or engineer
A diplomat
Or a great warrior
Hopefully one for change and peace
You can also be a guide or a companion
Both if you desire

As you read these few words
I hope you now understand
All of these
Like myself
You can become

But in your case
You also can become something so much more
For I am but a simple poet
A man who reaches out to the world with poetry
Words I pray may somehow make a difference
But you
You posses a power that no man on Earth
Can

You are Woman

From yourself
You can bring forth life
This is a power
Most men fear
Others often try to control
But one
No man
Can ever hope to possess

I bow tonight
To your power
And pray
You are one
Who uses it wisely
For power is one thing
So many men
Completely fail to understand

Ed Roberts 1/17/11

In my life
I have been blessed with the love and support
Of my wife Letha
She is truly the second beat of my own heart
You deserve nothing less
Than a relationship as great
As this