Poems inspired by non-vocal fighters in the Me Too movement by JAC.
We Know (I)
—
We are well aware
of the cycle of history
the pull of the times
their grip on our arm
but in immovable force
of endless movement
we run alongside together
our lungs our differences
in unmeasured numbers
we charge as just humanity
and with undeniable battle calls
raise the emblem of our hands
towards all that we believe
resisting the soft shackles of silence.
We Are Strength (II)
—
Of course
we are
all of us
fighters
of course
we each
have our
causes
causes
to which
we must
devote
ourselves
completely
though we
struggle
the force
of our minds
of our hands
unstoppable
we are power
we are change
we are strong
we are strength.
But Still We Persist (III)
—
So that someday we will wake
without dressing in armour
so that we will be equal in the eyes
of these goddesses we uphold
so that our sisters, undefeated
have no more scars to compare
so that in the end, by whatever name
we are our own and will remain so
so that the stories of our hands
will write the pages of history
forever.