Poem January 11, 1975 Issue

EQUIPOISE

Godfrey John

Brother-sister, find your self in the first
record of creation:
find yourself shaped by the Infinite—
male-female, one
compound idea.

Protest the lie
about your womanhood:
"she shall be called Woman, because
she was taken out of Man."^{Gen. 2:23.}
Do you believe it?—taken out of man?
To separate your womanhood
is to sever your identity.

You have equipoise.

In His creation, God is your true Mother
and you the offspring of the adorable One;
the same God is your Father arming you
with His bright qualities at this very hour.
Nothing can rob the Father-Mother God
of all you are
in His own cherishing.
Man is the flowering of all that Soul holds dear.

Godfrey John

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