In the beginning
was Matriarchal Beauty –
Eve: progenitor.
The Mother of great children,
Quantity and quality.
Just as Sarah: a
Mother of generations,
raising a nation.
She raised her brood and taught them
righteousness, then sent them forth
Spread on the face of
A holy, promised nation,
Israel and America.
Beloved Grandmother Alley –
Holy Rachel, Rebekah.
Traveler, like Ruth;
Returned to Holy Lands to
raise a family.
Teaching principles of good
To children in love and faith.
Then scattered, like a
Sariah, descendents gone
to foreign places.
Gather today, give honor
to Diasporic Mother.
Partakers all of
a love that recalls that of
Matriarchs of old.
Holy Writ an exemplar,
showing us our matriarch.
Humble Mary, the
prophetess Deborah, and
exemplar Abish.
The caring of Dorcas with
the support of Miriam
together we find
fulfilled in our grandmother
Fam’ly Matriarch.