Breaking Out From Underneath
Location
Millions of days out of sight,
held down by clenched fists,
held down by disenchanted words,
held down by curses and slurs
for the ones I love.
Rise up from underneath,
no longer a "victim",
never was one,
will never let aggresors make me one.
Rise up like a girl made of steel,
unyielding and strong,
ready to take on those that wrong me,
ready to fight back expired atom bombs
and stomp out half-lit bonfires
that were made for burning my bones.
I say one cannot burn when they spit fire!
One cannot be vanquished with flame
when one's soul has created light!
I am not a bundle of sticks to light,
though Joe Public calls me faggot.
I am the daughter that burns in the night!