With the fierceness only a true warrior possesses she stands
at the bottom of an uneven battlefield
climbing up
as her enemy comes charging down upon her.
The Enemy.
The enemy she has always had.
No matter the years
be them hers or ours.
Her enemy stands across from her
the same as it’s been
through the test of time.
Despite lifetimes of abuse at the hand of her constant enemy
she is still forced to fight
as the world she was born into
turns a blind eye to her enemies’ infinite transgressions.
Laws are made aiding her enemies abuse.
Excuses are made for her mistreatment.
Basic rights are taken from her.
How much control she has over her own body is decided by her enemies.
While boys will be boys’ girls are punished for their mistakes never to be forgiven.
She is told to fight back is futile.
She’s made to believe she’s not worth change.
Her enemy has power.
A power grown stronger than ever now
backed by a nation unwilling to recognize what it is she is fighting for.
A nation moving backwards
lead by the very worst kind of her enemy
one with a history of abuse so long
that only a nation full of her enemies would ever elect such swine.
A nation that is rooting for her to lose.
A nation that would rather see her sit down.
Fall in line.
Take her abuse with a please and thank you.
A nation unwilling to fight by her side.
While she may stand alone
she fights for many.
She fights for those that are too old to overcome a lifetime of abuse.
She fights for those too young so that their future may be less abusive then hers.
She fights for those too abused to know that they should be fighting too.
She fights with a ferocity her enemy has never seen.
Silent disapproval of her abuse at the hand of her enemy makes you the enemy.
I vow to no longer be the enemy.
Those of you who don’t follow her with me
will become our enemy
not just hers.
The days of her having to fight alone are over.
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