Walking Prayers Lyrics - Gina Loring

We are Walking Prayers 

Angels leave love letters in our palms 

Our hands speak Scripture 

We are Life Givers meant for Sacred Work 

We build bodies in our bodies 

Babies born of our daydreams who will one day tell our stories 

We tend to them in back seats and bathroom stalls 

Lullabies and love hymns, we pray over them 

"May they be safe, may they be strong 

May they be safe, may they be strong" 

This is our song 

Our Mother, Sister, Daughter, Woman, Warrior song 

We wear wounded hearts like badges of courage 

Carrying the weight of the world on each shoulder 

Collecting lessons in battle scars 

We are Peace Treaties 

Our hips the framework for families 

The foundation for Gods magic takes tangible form 

Future generations depend on the resilience of our bodies 

And what will we tell them 

When boys owning tree houses grow up to be boys owning governments 

Boys 

Boys who have forgotten their first home was their Mothers womb 

Took their first breath in the embrace of Her Arms 

We must remind them 

From our Breasts you were fed, 

We are Shelter, We are Vessel 

Our Wombs are Holy Ground 

So violating a Woman is a violation against God 

A sin against yourself, Karmic Suicide 

We are Sacred Geometry, Divine Pyramids and Astrology 

Not to be thrown away like pearls to swine 

Meant to be honored not objectified 

We were not always swayed by billboards beckoning from boulevard rooftops 

Photo shopped glam shots, night clubs, and hot spots 

Skylines laced with man-made messages 

Morphing our self-images into warped anorexic fantasies 

A gender biased consumer agenda has us grooming for Days 

Eyebrows threaded, make-up applied, hair done, legs shaved, bikini waxed, 

Push-up bra, high heels intact, and we will never get those hours back 

Our reflection is not in red-carpet, main-street, movie stars 

It is in the Night Sky 

The Moon's soft mirror glows somewhere just past Mars 

Woman are the Heart Beat of the World 

We are Regal 

We are Legacy 

Mary brought Jesus through 

Jochebed brought Moses through 

Aminah brought Muhammad through 

Isis brought Horus through 

Harriet Tubman brought hundreds through 

We are Warriors 

Our love is infinite 

Our voices are made of light 

Our hearts, our harbor, 

Our songs far and long 

We are every continent, every smoke signal and psalm, 

Every prayer, every element, 

Day and Night 

We are Earth, Air, Water, Sunlight 

Let us celebrate ourselves 

Be our own heroes 

Rewrite the fairy tales 

So Sleeping Beauty wakes her own damn self-up, 

Slays the dragon, looks at herself in the mirror and says 

"Princess, I found you!"