Two Poems

Two poems from the book I'm working on--"Soulground For Women."

Daughters

A reputable man's daughter
finds comfort in her skin
and rallies around her brothers
in the battlefields.

A hooligan's daughter
punishes her femininity
and believes she is less
than her brothers
dressed in bombs.

Second poem inspired by Lisa's

Older Hearts

She nurses her desire
to return to him
not a frightened woman-child
but to offer him an older heart
only if his
has matured too.

(c)--Christina Cowling