The world is pregnant with change
swollen
heavy-bellied
with change
Deep into labor
panting
pushing
nail-digging labor
But the labor is stalled
The change-baby stuck a-birthing
The world needs a midwife
many
midwives
idea-midwives
change-midwives
To ease the world into the best position
to
bring forth change
You can be a midwife
unafraid
to get your hands deep in the process
manipulate
the pressing-down head of change
You can be a doula
a
helper
a
holder
in a
sisterhood of change
Cradle the Earth gently
hold
her trembling legs
encourage
her
You
can do this!
The most difficult stage is right before birth
the
terrorists
the
crazy candidates
the
suicide bombings
Are all just contractions
waves
pushing positive change forward
waves
must be ridden
tamed
survived
so
they can propel the change-baby forward
At last change will crown
the
most painful stage of all
The midwives right in the thick of it
hands
covered in blood
sticky
with birth-fluid
catching
the change-idea as it bursts forth
making
sure it is still breathing
making
sure it survived
its long difficult passage
into existence
ready
to resuscitate it
breathe
more life into its lungs
caress
it briskly
use
their hands to restart its heart.
Then the change-baby
can
take its first crying breath in this world
Then the change-midwife
can
place the change-idea
back
on the breast of Mother Earth
handing
it back
to
the millions of souls who birthed it
now
they can nourish it
bring
it into existence in their own lives
And everyone smiles
laughs
in delight
cries
a little bit
or
a lot
never
forgetting the labor they went through
to
hold this change they have birthed.
Be a midwife of change
bringing
new ideas and change into the world
Be a doula
encouraging
and helping others
through
the throes of change
Be willing
to
bloody your hands
and
rend your heart and soul
to
bring forth the change
the
world desperately needs
to create.
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