WOMEN'S ANTHEM

WOMEN’S ANTHEM
Lyrics to a Marching Song

We are the women.
We are powerful and wise,
We are the women.
We are beautiful and strong.
We are the women -
Hear our song.

We are the women.
We are builders,
we are dreamers,
we're the singers and the song.
We are the women.

We are deeper than all waters,
More far-reaching than all stars.
The earth is built upon our bones,
The planets spin around our hearts.
We are the women.

We are Daughters of the Earth,
Rooted in her center,
And as ancient and as strong as she.
We are Sisters of the Moon,
Brilliant as her gleaming,
And as ancient and as wise as she.

If they told you we are weak,
If they told you we are foolish,
They have LIED.

If they've told you we don't know our minds,
We are easily overcome,
They have LIED.

Do not be deceived by gentle hands,
By soothing voice, by calming eyes.
They are but garments that we wear,
They are the flowers of
Our rootedness in strength.

And one smile from our smallest and shyest
and youngest
Will defy you to comprehend.
And one breath from our frailest and oldest
and wisest
Will deny you to enter in
To the mysteries of the secret world
all women walk within,
Since earth began.

You may think us raggle-taggle,
Yes, we're various as stars, as sand, as flowers.
But we’re mysterious as seed,
And there's our power.

We’re an elegant band of adventurers, peacemakers,
healers, planters, growers,
dancers, doers, knowers,
builders, dreamers, and life-givers.

No one knows our numbers,
no one guesses at our strength,
or our endurance, or our pride.

You can't subdue us, overcome us,
hold us down.

We are sisters, we are daughters,
we are lovers, we are friends.
We are grandmothers and nieces
and mothers without end.

More mysterious than crystal,
and the earth grows stronger,
brighter on our dreams.

We are enduring, enterprising, kind and patient,
we are undaunted, visionary, Queens of Nations,
We are extraordinary, powerful, and soothing,
we are mysterious, adventurous, life-renewing.
We are the women.

We’re as ancient as the earth,
And our story’s just beginning to be told.

This is our ANTHEM, our MARCHING SONG.
We are the women - we are strong.

( And our sisterhood grows stronger every day ! )
( And our daughters, they grow stronger every day ! )
( And our powers, they grow stronger every day ! )