This is my answer to that voice in the desert.
Woman, speak! Your voice, I hear it in the wind.
In the desert of your pain, come chill my bones.
I am enraged at the pain and suffering of other women.
We are so lucky to have the luxury of speech.But the landai
is a weapon that a woman can hide in her garments or wiles.
Offering for Real Toads.
Two lines can contain a wealth of outrage. Your words certainly contain the spirit of oppressed women the world over.
ReplyDeleteHi Kerry. I can only speak my mind, I just don't know where my voice will land.Love your new pic. It's fierce!
DeleteWONDERFUL landai!!!! Our collective voice, as women, must, one day, surely ease our sisters' pain.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right.If we cannot answer them, what are voices for?
DeleteYes, you've captured the chill of oppression...
ReplyDeleteI love the voice...speak louder that we may hear it ~
ReplyDeleteIf it is hear then it is not in vain. Here's to listening to he wind. Great landai!
ReplyDeleteFirst time here, thanks to the landai prompt! Your single landai is like a call to redemption, to breaking the chains. Even here in America, there is a war on women - yet, as I well know, it's nothing compared to the iron fist put on the women of Afghanistan, Iran, and other countries... Peace to you, Amy
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We hear you. The wind carries your words..
ReplyDeleteYou're so right. It does hurt us too.
ReplyDeleteI agree you so captured the emotional tug of war~
ReplyDeleteIt is haunting~
Well Done!
Beautiful, terse verse.
ReplyDeleteYour few words speak very true.
ReplyDeleteHere's to freedom to all women who are oppressed, suppressed everywhere. Powerful!
ReplyDeleteI find this incredibly powerful.
ReplyDeleteYou gave me goosebumps~
ReplyDeleteYes, the wind carries your message!
You are heard~
This prompt provided such an opportunity for us to lend our voices to those of oppressed women around the world .. your two lines are full of power!!
ReplyDeleteA very powerful landai! Pain in all its forms is a hard desert to escape, nicely written!
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