An ode to fearless women

                                                I think your bones
                                 were made in an elsewhere place
                                      
                                         How else does one explain
                           this inconceivable strength that makes you.
                             
                               The way you look into danger´s mouth
                                        and see no cemetery or death.
                                    
                                        Instead, carve your name into
                                          its teeth with a switchblade,
                                          defeat it so effortlessly and
                                      throw your head back and laugh.
                                       
                                            Paradox girl, mighty woman,
                                    you are the thing that terrifies them.
                         Both monster and maiden, both cure and poison,
                          all of these things, and at the same time human.
                          
                            Defined by no man, you are your own story,
                   blazing through the world, turning history into herstory.

                                 And when they dare to tell you about
                                          all the things you cannot be,
                                             you smile and tell them,
                       "I am both war and woman and you cannot stop me"


                                                                                  Nikita Gill