Like Ash, We will Rise
They scorned us
They trapped us
To the core, they crushed us
They punched us
And they bruised us
Curtailed to frivolity
Strode on
Belittled
Taunted
Dumped to the gutter
We lay at our lowest
The wind blew
We poised with drift
From the twinges
We flared and we rose
We acquired a new mastery
The ability to rise
From the ground
To the greatest heights
Nay will like it
When we take off
We will loom
We are untamed
And when we rise
We will disperse
Never to be seized again
Like Ash, we rose
Like Ash, we will rise.
About this poem
A tribute to all women and girls who have been sabotaged. To women and girls who have been sexually, physically, emotionally, financially and psychologically abused. Like ash, may you rise.
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Written on March 06, 2022
Submitted on March 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 116 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2 |
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