Original Poem: "Five Famines of the Feminine" đ
This is a poem written by my previously-Christian-self as she was grieving deeply the lack of Mother God and Goddess in her church, and the realization that there was complete permeation of patriarchy, harmful to women, throughout the church I once loved and deeply trusted.
9.28.23
© Elizabeth Langston, 2024
Five Famines of the FeminineÂ
I once walked the streetsÂ
That Jesus did sweep
He was calling his disciples;
Calling for his sheepÂ
I followed where they walked,
And I heard what they did speak:
They said, âThereâs twelve apostlesâ,
I said, âNo, there are thirteenâŠâŠâ
First famine of the Feminine:
No Mary Magdalene.
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I went to church on Sunday,
I took the Sacrament.
I sat with all my babies,Â
The Bible in my hand.
I opened to the pagesÂ
Seeking God to lead,Â
But all I found were verses
Subjugating me:
âLet woman keep silent in church,
she is not permitted to speakâÂ
Good old first Corinthians,
chapter fourteen.
Next famine of the feminine:
Unchecked Patriarchy.Â
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They told me to believeÂ
That Adam did make Eve,
when all humans on earthÂ
Woman did conceiveâŠ
I thought they could not lie,
Until the Voice InsideÂ
Told me that their storyÂ
Was unjust gendercide.Â
Third famine of the feminine:
Denying women their power of creation.Â
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They told me I had choices,Â
They told me I was free.Â
They said my final judgementÂ
Was tweenâ God and Me.Â
But then they have insertedÂ
Men and authorityÂ
In place of my own conscienceÂ
And my Sovereignty.Â
Fourth famine of the feminine:Â
Line of Authority.Â
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They say there is a Mother
In Heaven; that sheâs true.
But when we speak about her,
They hush us at the pew.
They say she is too sacred;
To pure to speak her nameâ
I say that I am starving
In this drought of Feminine. Â
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This daughter wants her MotherÂ
Included in the prayerÂ
This daughter wants her MotherÂ
Represented fair.Â
I donât want to have to piece HerÂ
Like a puzzled game of Clue!
I want to Speak about herÂ
Like men their Father do.Â
The problem with this famineÂ
of the Feminine DivineÂ
Is that women have to leave
parts of themselves behind.Â
How can they be expressedÂ
As only women can,
When the only God thatâs spokenÂ
Is one that is a Man?
This buries parts of women,Â
it buries them alive.Â
Donât ask us to abandon
The feminine inside.Â
How can I, as a woman,
How can I choose to stayÂ
When as I am here staying,Â
I give parts of me away?
© Elizabeth Langston, 2024
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