Oh I’d like to stop and sing
For my mother, my sister
That I too am free
One day I may have daughters
I’d like to sing to them of a world
Of passionate, unending love
That was inhuman in endurance and stamina
I’d like to sing to all the women who’ve been broken-hearted
Of the beauty within them and their everlasting grace
That they are adored by me and all lovers true
I’d like to sing to all the unborn girls floating in warm safe spaces
Of how grand and precious their future will be
That there are labcoats, and hardhats and uniforms waiting for them
Oh I’d like to stop and sing
For you dear readers
That you may bring
The world through parturition
Give birth to humanity’s new beginning
Ladies now let’s get in formation