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not your pigeon

Linda M. Crate

not some starry eyed
pigeon who will gladly follow
you into the cage
or a lamb lead to her own slaughter
i’m a scorpion, wolverine,
wolf, raven, fox, mermaid,
unicorn, faerie, elf, dwarf, moon daughter, hurricane,
forest fire, sun flame,
a bad ass warrior of the light;
i refuse to be inferior or irrelevant
simply because i am
a woman
doesn’t mean i am less than a man
mind your magic, boys, because i have power
of my own;
i will stick a needle in your eye—
dreamers aren’t made to be stopped
we’re made to stop the nightmares in any form
and shape they take so that is what we
do,
and i am made of love and light;
hope and dreams,
cosmos and universes,
laughter and tears,
rage and pain,
and the spirit to overcome—
i am an enduring light that returns again and again
never to fade no matter what they do
because i will always stand no matter how many times
i’ve fallen and i always will.

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