Unshackled

part of the Women : Power series of poems featuring BHD, marika bianca, Orisirisi, Rachel B. Baxter, Tamyka Bell, Tre L. Loadholt and Violet Oh Violet

art by Ernio Hernandez © 2016

Words of hate
hurled from
insidious tongue
sitting beneath
bruised skin.

She walks resiliently,
shoulders holding
knowledge;
I am that I am

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You cannot breach
unbreakable walls,
you cannot teach
warrior blood.

Spear in hand,
heart on sleeve,
world at
her feet.

Unshackled now
she screams

“My Power was never yours”

Dedicated to Jennifer Killgore with love x

Women : Power