They say she came
from a rib-shaped seed –
small and unessential.
Her existence
depending solely on his,
“I am of you and for you.”
She was defined
by what came first;
Strength; Masculinity; He.
Doomed by Her femaleness,
bound by the attention of men
with ulterior motives.
Foolish; silly; weak;
The Mother of All Sin –
still paying for the ignorance
of her sons.
But, if they are correct,
She was borne
from the bones
that guard the chest –
powerful and protective.
Her existence
deriving from his,
“I am of you,
but I am not owned
by you.”
Defined by what
he cannot be;
Giver of Life.
Matriarch.
Woman.
Denounced for Her femaleness,
innate in her evilness,
tongue clipped
by the arrogance of men
with ulterior motives.
Foolish?
Silly?
Weak?
The Mother of All Sin
held a man’s world
in Her hands
and cast him out
of Eden.
The Mother of All Children –
shamed for picking an apple from a tree
when perhaps the greatest sin of all
was making Her               for Him.
                           a mirror