There is Power

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There is power.

There is power in a hurricane's wind.
There is power in the explosion of a seed
   forcing its life from under earth 
   to burst into sun.
There is power in the eruption of molten lava
   shooting its fountain high into the air.
There is power in the weight and force 
   of the ocean's waves.

And there is power,
most quiet, most fierce,
in the realm of a woman's heart.

Power to see all and hold steady.
Power to break and still love.
Power to carry until a time comes to release.
Power to die in service to birth.

This, a power that can never be taken,
but only ever 
Given.

This power, held full and complete 
   in one woman's heart,
But also in the long long chain
   of everywoman's heart,
   everywhere and every time.

And this is its secret.
This is its sacred, sacred secret.