"Soul Women of the United Nations’ Five Regions of the World" by Mary Sue Barnett ARCWP

Nothing less

than a cosmological

miracle

will summon

the women.

Celestial suns

spinning

are too many

to count.

Shooting stars

exploding

are too numerous

to track.

Glorious light

expanding

is too awe-inspiring

to behold.

Nothing less

than a cosmological

miracle

will discompose

the world.

Like titanic

rivers flowing

the women

of the five

regions speak.

“Femicide no more!”

say the women of Latin America and the Caribbean

“Men must befriend us!”

say the women of Western Europe and Other Groups

“End the misogyny!”

say the women of Eastern Europe

“You will not take our girls!”

say the women of Africa

“Male power will cease and desist!”

say the women of Asia Pacific

The rushing rivers

of prolonged cry

converge into a brand

new moment.

At the transcendent

still point

gold pours forth

into the universal

female heart.

On that day

in the cafe

she sips flecks

of gold from

her latte.