Why Are We Here?
We are here because there is no refuge
finally from ourselves.
Until a woman confronts herself
in the eyes and hearts of her fellow women
she is running.
Until she shares her secret with them,
she has no safety from it
She can know neither herself nor anyone else.
she will be alone.
Where else but in our common ground
can we find such a mirror?
Here, a woman can at last appear clearly to
herself, not as the giant of her dreams,
nor the dwarf of her fears,
but as a woman, part of a whole,
with a share in its purpose.
In this ground we can each take root and
