What gives a girl power?
Certainly not a man.
Confidence perhaps,
although many a girl unsure
has found strength to move
through and out of
insurmountable struggles.
Physical strength may
keep oppressors at bay,
but it’s power of mind
they can’t take away.
To all the women
who still can’t vote,
own property, drive a car,
go out alone without a man,
or even feel safe:
May the jaw-like grip
of societal laws
be peeled back
to reveal
your natural power.
* * *
The man I knew
went away.
The man
I didn’t love
then.
We were something
different then,
but not love.
When he returned,
he was altered.
An interior addition
not at first visible,
but oozing
out his pores
like blood
from a wound.
The man
hiding in shadows,
unsure of his own sanity,
reclaimed his soul
by contest.
For reparation.
For love.
For me.
But once done,
he found it disconcerting,
what lay inside
more complex than love.
Who knew
there were things
more complex
than love.
* * *
A live with
P ower and potential.
O nly girls become slayers.
C arriers of the stake
A nd protectors of the people.
L ove? There’s no time for it in their lives.
Y es, it does happen. Slayers are
P eople too. Just incredibly strong people
S aving the world, abolishing
E vil and all around kicking ass.