by Kelly Pelton

Ask the feelers how it feels
to be restricted based on gender,
told that God wants men to lead
because the women are too tender.

Ask the women what it's like 
to have no voice in worship service.
Some may not have spoken up,
for honesty makes people nervous.

Ask the females and imagine
how you'd feel if you were sidelined,
silenced in the church assembly
based in hermeneutics grace-blind.