Monday, April 18, 2022

Nevertheless, She Persisted

 Is this what womanhood has come to?

 

We romanticize the struggle,

find solidarity in shared hardship:

“I’ve been there.”

“You’ve got this.”

We normalize the pain,

take for granted the fact

that nothing in life is easy,

that we’ve got to keep pushing on –

do our best anyway,

show ‘em who’s boss.

 

Seriously?

 

I’m tired of “in spite of it all.”

For once in my life,

can’t I just accomplish something

Without being a hero for it?

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