A Gentle Reminder

People will speak of our power

as if it can be given or taken away.

Forgetting how it has been earned,

passed down through generations,

continually tested time and again.

At times it may feel a heavy burden.

There will always be those who wish

to drown out our voice with their own.

Fill our heads with antiquated values,

to hold our hand when we are capable

of standing firmly on our own.

Let them be threatened by a mind

that refuses to waiver at any cost.

That refuses to be torn down.

There will always be those who wish

to remind us of the place we hold,

of natures infinite wisdom where

a woman is concerned.

In those moments of doubt,

we must remember to seek out

the wisdom that lives inside of us,

in the pain that we encounter,

in each challenge we rise to meet.

As there are so many more ahead.