spinach pie

I remember my first bite of spinach pie

Olive oil and butter soaked crispy filo 

Dill, onion, and fresh spinach

Made by a Greek woman hands

Fed my belly and ever since I understand

To be Greek- you must try these dishes

And try your best to comprehend

That our language and cusine

Has been fused with so much

During slavery we taught our language 

And customs in the dirt and caves 

And even in the sand

Greek women do so much to tend 

To their families from the young 

To the single to the married

And divorced and widowed

They have taught us so much

They have gone through so much 

To prove their love to us

While you engage in conversation

And have another bite

Remember what they have gone through

To make our spinach pie