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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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAAA BXXXXX XXAC BDXX XXXB DXX CD
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 531
Words 116
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2

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