The "Wo" in Woman Comes From Woe

July 1988



The "wo" in woman comes from woe.

The pain of childbirth proves it's so;

The pain of men who are free to go,

And other pain that women know ~

A "wo"man's life is full of woe.

A Woman Without a Past

November 1991


I just want to be
A woman without a past.
I don't want my new loves
To know why old loves didn't last.
I don't want them to know
How others hurt me so.
I don't want them to see
My vulnerabilities.
I just want to be
A woman without a past.