In the next ten days worldwide we will recognise International women’s Day. May of us are still to come to term with the myriad of emotions flooding the inner walls of our soul. Few of us are seeing the turning of the tides while a minute portion of us have gotten over our hurdles. We, as womenfolk, in large degree are doubting ourselves even when the evidence of potential, achievement, success are clearly seen. It is time, now more than ever to embrace the notion, the fact that we are certainly enough. We have always been enough you know! Yes we have. So to my Mother Ma Veronique, Older sister, Sister Vel and her daughter Deidre, Younger sister, Babe and her daughter Tiana, my first-fruit daughter Princess Roselle, to Deidre’s daughters, Princesses Jeanique and Jahleah, my daughter-in-law Jerrisa, step-daughters, all my numerous other Queen and Princess nieces, cousins, colleagues, students, sisters out there, You were ALWAYS enough.
She was Always Enough!
So she loved long and hard and deep and strong
Drew from her core, her being, her soul
Adjusting her script, changing her own song
Completely confident in attaining their goal
Or so she thought…. not knowing it wasn’t enough
And she laughed and posed and stood and cheered
Gave of her all, her worth, her soul
Supporting the cause, bending low her own head
Faithfully certain that the torch she could hold
Or so she thought….. not knowing it wasn’t enough
Oh she tried and laboured and struggled and won
Wrenched out her failures, her doubts, bared her soul
Tweaking her settings, improving her own run
Positively sure of breaking through the mould
Or so she thought…… not knowing it wasn’t enough
As she climbed up and fell down and got up and rethread
Took out her swords, choked her hurts, opened her soul
Remodelling her landscape, discarding her own bed
Assertively pursuant in acing that leading role
Or so she thought……. not knowing it wasn’t enough
Yet she fought and gained and lost and slumped down
Lay in her corner, pulled herself up, dared to redeem her soul
Taking back her ground, replacing her own queenly crown
Proudly claiming her real position out of his self-engrossed world
Because she now knows she was ALWAYS enough!
Enough to bolt with a sprinter’s speed, enough to pace and jog with calming ease
Enough to sit alone yet not lonely, enough to mingle in, yet not lost
Enough to be vulnerable in her own skin, enough to burst forth and claim that big win
Enough to not be validated by another’s word of so-called care, enough to find her place out a lover’s lair
Enough to pivot with immaculate balance, enough to settle in with quiet assurance
Enough to tear out a page yet be ok, enough to colour again yet not be left behind
Enough to walk around in her own skin, despite the colour, the size, the scars, the hurts, the bruises, a Woman is simply Enough!
Enough to strive and thrive and zoom and vault taking on the world, enough to do the same caring for her precious little brood, a Woman is simply Enough!
SHE WAS ALWAYS ENOUGH!
Rosemond Dinard-Gordon
February 26th 2022
© 2022
Garden Conversations with Roze 
Sure…all this striving and thriving, surviving and reviving, and driving safely past the snares of the conniving is enough to prove to world that woman is enough…and she ain’t jiving!
Great rhythm as lines flow seamlessly into the refrain “or so she thought’! The length of the poem and the triumphant end parallel the seemingly endless struggles of the woman who toils from dawn to dust, and who gets a little rest only after the household has retired for the night. Her triumph over the vagaries of life and her indomitable spirit are beautifully captured in this poem.
Reign with superwoman power, Queen Dinard!
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My friend and colleague,
I appreciate your words of encouragement and support. Indeed so many of us women are yet to know fully how much we matter and simply continue along our path doing what we must or think we ought to be doing. That this piece will set alight a spark and shine brilliantly in the lives of our womenfolk everywhere.
Thank you for always being my friend and for being a strong woman who knows she is enough.
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Hi Sis. This poem has all of the ingredients of global appeal and the highest award-winning status. The lyrics, message and rhythm flowed like honey along a stream…And that – like she – was always enough for me.
PS: I have a request. I would like to publish this poem in my paper for International Women’s Day as a public service and empowerment gesture for women.
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My Brother, Thank you for your kind and encouraging words. They are well received. I appreciate the gesture in presenting my piece to the outside world and indeed to offer a source of inspiration, encouragement and comfort to all women. After all my intention was to offer the same to women everywhere. I have no issue in allowing you to use it in your paper. I know I can count on you for support. Your Sis
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