our bounty

there is a sickness in silence

that passes in secret

while women women and more women

stretching over continents and centuries

feel the same sword.

1 doctor, 125 women. 

decade after decade after decade. 

how sick the size of one man's damage.

sister, 

we are in this bubble together

and for every time i fail to warn you

and for every time you fail to warn me

the damage done is doubled.

when your lover beat you with words, fists, or lies

why did i not rise for you?

when my lover beat me with words, fists and lies

why did you not rise for me?

sister,

behold that we are our bounty   

so our bodies are bound for reverence.